Species Leiaster leachii (Gray, 1840)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophidiaster leachii Gray, J.E. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the Class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 6: 175-184, 275-290 [284].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1938.6.23.33, Mauritius (as 'Isle de France').

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Yanchep, WA to Gulf of Carpentaria Qld; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 2-183 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

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

Marsh, L.M. & Marshall, J.I. 1983. Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science 33(3): 671-687 figs 1-2

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		14-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)