Species Mediaster praestans Livingstone, 1933

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mediaster praestans Livingstone, A.A. 1933. A new Mediaster from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 21-22 pl. 6 [21, pl. 6(1-6)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J5618, off Cairns, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality off Carins. Depth range unknown.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)