Species Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Ophidiaster hemprichii Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [29].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB, Red Sea. - Ophidiaster squameus Fisher, W.K. 1906. The starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(3): 989-1130 pls 1-49 [1079, pls 31(6-6b), 37(4)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 21174, Pailolo Channel, between Maui and Molokai Ils, Hawaii.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, A.M. 1993. An index of names of recent Asteroidea—Part 2: Valvatida. pp. 187-366 in Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (eds). Echinoderm Studies. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema. [348, 350]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rowley Shoals, WA to Lady Elliott Is., Qld and Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-276 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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. (also as Ophidiaster squameus Fisher, 1906)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Ophidiaster squameus Fisher, 1906)
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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