Species Luidia avicularia Fisher, 1913

Museums

Regional Maps

• Luidia avicularia Fisher, W.K. 1913. New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46: 201-224 [203].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 32624, between Samar and Masbate (12º13´15˜N 124º05´03˜E), Philippines.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Elizabeth Reef and off Norfolk Is., Tasman Sea, and Cape Cuvier, WA; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 6-308 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

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.

Marsh, L.M. 1976. Western Australian Asteroidea since H.L. Clark. Thalassia Jugoslavica 12(1): 213-225 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		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)