Species Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871
- Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, C.F. 1871. Fortsatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Söstjernerne (Asteriderne). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 23: 227-304 [276].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC (depository uncertain), Tonga, South Pacific. - Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, W.K. 1913. New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46: 201-224 [215].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 32639, Port Palapag, N coast of Samar, Philippines.
Paratype(s); USNM.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [81]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Shark Bay, WA to Capricorn Group, Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-22 m.
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, 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
Marsh, L.M. & Marshall, J.I. 1983. Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science 33(3): 671-687 figs 1-2
History of changes
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