Species Nectria ocellifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterias ocellifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [553].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ECAS 670, Australian waters (as 'les mers australes?') (Geographe Bay, WA).

  Type locality references:

  Shepherd, S.A. 1967. A review of the starfish genus Nectria (Asteroidea: Goniasteridae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(3): 463-482 figs 1-4 [464].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bald Is. to Geraldton WA. Depth range 45-183 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, temperate.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Shepherd, S.A. 1967. A review of the starfish genus Nectria (Asteroidea: Goniasteridae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(3): 463-482 figs 1-4

Zeidler, W. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A revision of the southern Australian starfish genus Nectria (Asteroidea: Oreasteridae), with the description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19(9): 117-138 figs 1-14

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2012		12-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)