Species Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cribella obesa Sladen, W.P. 1889. Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 30: 1-893 pls 1-117.
• Cribrella hyadesi Perrier, E. 1891. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882–1883. Zoologie. Echinodermes. Pt I. Stellerides. Paris : Gauthier-Villars et Fils Vol. 4 198 pp. 13 pls. [100, pls 9(1-1d), 10(2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 14 specimens (depository uncertain), localities in southern South America.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. & Albertson, E.L. 1987. The echinoderm genus Henricia Gray, 1840 (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) in southern and southeastern Australian waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 109(3): 183-194 figs 1-5 [190, figs 2a,b]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Stephens, NSW to Bass Strait; Southern Ocean. Depth range 22-604 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Macquarie Island Province (24), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, inshore, marine, temperate.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Henricia hyadesi (Perrier, 1891), in part)

O'Hara, T.D. 1998. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 167-223, 4 figs, 5 pls [Date published 1/5/1999] [183]

Rowe, F.W.E. & Albertson, E.L. 1987. The echinoderm genus Henricia Gray, 1840 (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) in southern and southeastern Australian waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 109(3): 183-194 figs 1-5

 

History of changes

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15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
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