Species Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840
- Nardoa tuberculata 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 [287].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1938.6.23.4, Sual, Is. of Luzon, Philippines. - Linckia pauciforis von Martens, E. 1866. Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 32(1): 57-88, 133-189 [69].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undertermined, ?ZMB), near Flores, Indonesia. - Scytaster obtusus Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la Collection de Stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris : C. Reinwald et Cie 384 pp. [also published in Arch. Zool.] [157, 421].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1843.3.29.6, Philippines. - Nardoa finschi de Loriol, P. 1891. Notes pour servir à l'étude des Echinodermes. III. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève Supplément 8: 1-31 pls 10-12 [28 pl. 2(4-4g)].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH 792/25, New Britain.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, A.M. 1967. Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 15(4): 169-198 pls 1-6 [181] (Scytaster oMbtusus Perrier, 1875)
- 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] (adds Linckia pauciforis von Martens, 1866 and Nardoa finschi de Loriol, 1891 following re-examination of holotypes of all species, except pauciforis, and a wide range of comparative specimens)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rowley Shoals to Ashmore Reefs, WA and Lizard Is., Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-70 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1967. Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 15(4): 169-198 pls 1-6 [187] (Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840 and Nardoa pauciforis von Martens, 1866 distinct species)
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. [63] (Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840 and Nardoa pauciforis von Martens, 1866 distinct species)
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 [51, 55] (Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840 and Nardoa pauciforis von Martens, 1866 distinct species)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Nardoa pauciforis von Martens, 1866)
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 [384]
Hayashi, R. 1938. Sea-stars of the Caroline Islands. Studies. Palao Tropical Biological Station 3: 417-446 figs 1-5 pls 2-4 [432] (includes Nardoa pauciforis (von Martens, 1866) as a 'form of Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840')
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] (species under review by Rowe, F.W.E. and Marsh, L.M.)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |