Species Indianastra inopinata (Livingstone, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterina inopinata Livingstone, A.A. 1933. Some genera and species of the Asterinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 1-20 pls 1-5 [3, pl. 5(1-8,14)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J3077, Long Reef, Collaroy, near Sydney, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM J3077 12 specimens, Long Reef, Collaroy, near Sydney, NSW.
• Asterina perplexa Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [155, pl. 22(4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3266, Neds Beach, Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (following comparison of type specimen collected from Lord Howe Is. (type locality of Asterina perplexa H.L. Clark, 1938) with type and other comparative specimens of Asterina inopinata Livingstone, 1933)

 

Generic Combinations

• Indianastra inopinata (Livingstone, 1933). —
  O'Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of the genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1-40

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Gneering Shoals, Mooloolaba, Qld to N Tas. Depth range 0-25 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Sep-2015		12-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)