Species Paranepanthia grandis (Clark, 1928)
- Nepanthia grandis Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [393, fig. 113].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K152 (was E430), South Australian coast.
Paratype(s) SAMA K151; SAMA K153 3 specimens; SAMA K557. - Asterinopsis praetermissa Livingstone, A.A. 1933. Some genera and species of the Asterinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 1-20 pls 1-5 [14, pls 3(1-2), 4(2-3)].
Type data:
Holotype AM J4793, Little Bay, south of Port Jackson, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM J1911 1 specimen, Port Jackson, NSW; AM J1913 1 specimen, Port Jackson, NSW; AM J3196 1 specimen, Port Jackson, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (following re-examination of type and comparative specimens)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Shelley Beach, north of Clarence River, NSW to Cape Peron, WA. Depth range 0-40 m
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine, temperate.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as
History of changes
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