Species Glyphodiscus perierctus (Fisher, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iconaster perierctus Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43: 599-648 [642].
• Glyphodiscus mcknighti Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table [273].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J21702, off Norfolk Is. (28º42´18˜S 167º56´42˜E), Tasman Sea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mah, C. 2005. A phylogeny of Iconaster and Glyphodiscus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Goniasteridae) with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema 27(1): 137-161 [144-147]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia, off Norfolk Is, New Caledonia, Philippines. Depth range 178-550m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)