Species Nardoa galatheae (Lütken, 1865)
- Scytaster galatheae Lütken, C.F. 1865. Kritiske Bemaerkninger om forskjellige Söstjerner (Asterider), med Beskrivelse af nogle nye Arter. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1864: 123-169 [167].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC, Nicobar Ils, Bay of Bengal. - Nardoa lemonnieri Koehler, R. 1910. Shallow-Water Asteroidea. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Calcutta : Indian Museum 191 pp. 20 pls. [161, pl. 18(1-2)] [as
Nardoa Le Monnieri ].Type data:
Syntype(s) IM 6 specimens, Andaman Ils, Bay of Bengal.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] (following re-examination of holotype of Scytaster galatheae Lütken, 1865, reassessment of original description of Nardoa lemonnieri Koehler, 1910 and study of a wide range of comparative specimens; under review by F.W.E. Rowe & L.M. Marsh)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Cape Grenville, Qld; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-25 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, 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. (also misidentified as Nardoa mollis de Loriol, 1891 and as Nardoa lemonnieri Koehler, 1910)
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 (misidentified as
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (misidentified as Nardoa mollis de Loriol, 1891)
Marsh, L.M. & Marshall, J.I. 1983. Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science 33(3): 671-687 figs 1-2
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |