Species Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842

Museums

Regional Maps

• Luidia maculata Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 539 2 specimens, Japan.
• Luidia varia Mortensen, T. 1925. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III–V. Asteroidea, Holothurioidea and Crinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 79: 261-420, figs 1-70, pls 12-14 [275, fig. 4, pl. 13(13-14)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ Ech.1043, Little Barrier Is., New Zealand.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 116: 1-196 [17-21]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Port Molle, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-134 m. Record from Lord Howe Isand was named L. varia by Rowe & Gates (1995)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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

 

History of changes

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15-Sep-2023		07-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)