Species Iconaster longimanus (Möbius, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astrogonium longimanum Möbius, K. 1859. Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. Hamburg : Nolte & Köhler 14 pp. 4 pls. [7, pl. 1(5-6)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH (depository uncertain), locality unknown.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA to Capricorn Group, Qld, Taupo Seamount; North Arabian Sea, west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 6-142 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		14-May-2012	MODIFIED