Species Ogmaster capella (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Goniodiscus capella Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [61].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, ?China.
• Dorigona reevesii Gray, J.E. 1866. Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with Figures of Some of the New Species). London : John van Voorst 17 pp., 16 pls. [7, pl. 7(3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1846.6.7.34, China or Japan ('...common in boxes of insects brought from China and Japan').

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [96]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA to off Port Curtis, Qld; east Indo-west Pacific, Red Sea. Depth range 128-134 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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.

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

 

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)