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Species Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW to Yanchep, WA. Depth range 0-200 m.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), 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), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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

Rowe, F.W.E. & Albertson, E.L. 1988. A new genus and four new species in the family Echinasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(1): 83-100 figs 1-10 [84] (comment that because the furrow spines occur in a comb-shaped row along the adradial edge of the ambulacral plates, the genus Plectaster Sladen, 1889 does not belong in the family Echinasteridae, however, they decline to reassign the genus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023 04-Dec-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)