Species Leiaster speciosus von Martens, 1866

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leiaster speciosus von Martens, E. 1866. Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 32(1): 57-88, 133-189 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1414, Larentuka, Flores, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Murray Ils to Broadhurst Reef, Townsville Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-5 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

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)