Genus Nardoa Gray, 1840

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• Nardoa Gray, J.E. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the Class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 6: 175-184, 275-290 [286].

  Type species:

   Asterias variolata Retzius, 1805 by subsequent designation, see Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [49].
• Melia Gistel, J. 1848. Echinodermata. Class II. pp. 174–177 in, Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere Schulen. Edn 1. xvi 216 pp. 32 pls text illus. [176].

  Type species:

   Asterias variolata Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(3): 1-712 pls 1-156 [378]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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