Species Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
- Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, P. 1885. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Île Maurice. II. Stellérides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 29(4): 1-84 pls 7-22 [15 pl. 11(2-2i)].
Type data:
Neotype GMNH 791/53, Mauritius.Subsequent designation references:
Jangoux, M. 1985. Catalogue commenté des types d'Echinodermes actuels conservés dans les collections nationales suisses, suivi d'une notice sur la contribution de Louis Agassiz à la connaissance des Echinodermes actuels. Genève : Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 67 pp. 11 pls. [21]. - Ophidiaster lioderma 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 [80, pl. 27(3-4)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 2266, Murray Is. (as Mer Is., Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Murray Ils to Heron Is., Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Intertidal waters to 8 m.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
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
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