Species Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leiaster coriaceus Peters, W.C.H. 1852. Übersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852: 177-178 [177].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB 642, Querimba Is., Mozambique.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Jangoux, M. 1980. Le genre Leiaster Peters (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 94(1): 87-108 pls 5-8 [100].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New record for Australia from off Beagle Is.; east Indian Ocean, Philippines, Lower California, Panama. Depth range 10-25 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

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.

Jangoux, M. 1980. Le genre Leiaster Peters (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 94(1): 87-108 pls 5-8

 

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)