Species Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [662].
Type data:
Syntype(s) (whereabouts undetermined), Mediterranean Sea and ?Indian Ocean. - Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, A.A. 1932. Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 241-265 figs 1-2 pls 1-12 [255, pl. 12(5,11,16,18)].
Type data:
Holotype AM J5533, Ribbon Reef, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rowe, F.W.E. & Pawson, D.L. 1977. A catalogue of echinoderm type-specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 30(14): 337-364 [346]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ningaloo Reef, WA to the Bunker Group, Qld; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-60 m.
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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.
Extra Ecological Information
Coral reefs.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1993. An index of names of recent Asteroidea—Part 2: Valvatida. pp. 187-366 in Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (eds). Echinoderm Studies. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema. [338]
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. (also as Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932)
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
History of changes
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