Species Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)
- Asterias clavigera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [562].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, locality unknown.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Monte Bello Is., WA to Capricorn Ils, Qld and Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-80 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.
Pope, E.C. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1977. A new genus and two new species in the family Mithrodiidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) with comments on the status of the species of Mithrodia Gray, 1840. The Australian Zoologist 19(2): 201-216 figs 1-17
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |