Species Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterina (Nepanthia) belcheri 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.] [320, 240].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1847.3.10.4, locality unknown.
• Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis 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.] [321, 240].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1854.11.15.290, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, QLD.
• Nepanthia suffarcinata Sladen, W.P. 1888. On the Asteroidea of the Mergui Archipelago. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 21: 319-331 pl. 28 [328, pl. 28(9-12)].

  Type data:

   Holotype IM, Owen Is., Mergui Archipelago, Burma.
• Nepanthia joubini Koehler, R. 1908. Description d'une Astérie nouvelle (Nepanthia Joubini) provenant du Cap Saint-Jacques (Cochinchine). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 14: 232-235 figs 1-4 [232, figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Cap Saint-Jacques, Vietnam (as Cochin China).
• Henricia heteractis Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(11): 519-564, pls 47-58 [530, pl. 49(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM G11430, Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea.
  Paratype(s) AM J830 2 specimens, Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea.
• Nepanthia polyplax Döderlein, L. 1926. Über Asteriden aus dem Museum von Stockholm. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 3 2(6): 3-22 pls 1-4 [20, pl.4 (2-2a)].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM Type-1369, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Nepanthia magnispina Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [174, pl. 20(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3320, Augustus (or ) Is. (as Champagay Is.), WA.
• Nepanthia variabilis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [176, pls 10(4-5), 20(4-5)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3323, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3325; WAM Z1710 1 paratype (old number: 119–39), Broome, WA; AM J6107 4 specimens, Broome, WA; NMV F45122, Broome, WA; SAMA K725; BMNH 1939.6.15.78; WAM Z1711 1 specimen (old number: 120-39), Broome, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. & Marsh, L.M. 1982. 6. A revision of the asterinid genus Nepanthia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with the description of three new species. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 16: 89-120 figs 1-6 [99]

 

Generic Combinations

• Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA to Port Jackson, NSW; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-46 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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 as Nepanthia brevis Perrier, 1875, Nepanthia joubini Koehler, 1908, Nepanthia magnispina (H.L. Clark, 1938), Nepanthia variabilis (H.L. Clark, 1938))

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Nepanthia brevis Perrier, 1876, Nepanthia variabilis H.L. Clark, 1938, Nepanthia magnispina H.L. Clark, 1938)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Marsh, L.M. 1982. 6. A revision of the asterinid genus Nepanthia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with the description of three new species. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 16: 89-120 figs 1-6

 

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)