Species Ophidiaster confertus H.L. Clark, 1916
- Ophidiaster confertus Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [53, pl. 15(1-2)].
Type data:
Holotype AM J11, Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea.
Paratype(s) MCZ 2 specimens.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Southern Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Qld to Shellharbour, NSW; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-50 m.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine, subtropical.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567
Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table
History of changes
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