Species Luidia prionota Fisher, 1913

Museums

Regional Maps

• Luidia prionota Fisher, W.K. 1913. New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46: 201-224 [202].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 32622, off eastern Panay, northwest of Antonia Is., Philippines.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Carnarvon to Admiralty Gulf WA; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 7-99 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

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. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (L.M. Marsh (pers. comm.) believes that Luidia prionota is conspecific with Luidia hardwicki (Gray, 1840))

 

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)