Species Ophidiaster armatus Koehler, 1910

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophidiaster armatus Koehler, R. 1910. Astéries et Ophiures des îles Aru et Kei. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 33: 265-295 pls 15-17 [277, pls 15(8) 17(6)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMF 205 3 specimens, Sungai Barkai, Aru Ils, Indonesia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known in Australia only from Keeper Reef, off Townsville to Lindeman Is. Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 5-33 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, tropical.

 

General References

Aziz, A. & Jangoux, M. 1984. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces d'astérides profounds (Echinodermata) de la région Indo-Malaise. Indo-Malayan Zoology 2: 187-194 pls 1-4

Aziz, A. & Jangoux, M. 1984. Les Astéries (Echinodermes) du Plateau de la Sonde (Indonesia). Indo-Malayan Zoology 1: 127-140

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
		18-Feb-2010	MODIFIED