Species Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ferdina cumingi 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 [283] [as Ferdina cumingii Gray, 1840].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1938.6.23.9–11, ?Philippines (as 'West coast of Columbia').

  Type locality references:

  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 [59].
• Scytaster cancellatus Grube, E. 1857. Diagnosen einiger neuen Echinodermen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 23(1): 340-344 [340].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUC (depository uncertain), Fiji Ils; ZMB, Fiji Ils.
• Ferdina ocellata 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 [60, pls 6(5), 31(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 2302, southwestern reef flat, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
• Ferdina cancellata tylota Fisher, W.K. 1925. Sea-stars of tropical central Pacific. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 27: 63-88 fig. 9 pls 5-8 [73, pl. 5(a)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM, Wake Is. (19º18´N 166º36´E), Pacific Ocean.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jangoux, M. 1973. Le genre Neoferdina Livingstone (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 87(4): 775-794 figs 1-5 pl. 4 [788]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Is. to Tasman Sea to Bunker Group, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-30 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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, 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 as Neoferdina cancellata (Grube, 1857), Neoferdina ocellata (H.L. Clark, 1921))

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Neoferdina ocellata (H.L. Clark, 1921))

Jangoux, M. 1973. Le genre Neoferdina Livingstone (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 87(4): 775-794 figs 1-5 pl. 4

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.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)