• Poraster Döderlein, L. 1916. Über die Gattung Oreaster und Verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 40(5): 409-440 figs A-S [438].

  Type species:

   Oreaster productus Bell, 1884 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Oreaster superbus Möbius, K. 1859. Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. Hamburg : Nolte & Köhler 14 pp. 4 pls. [5, pl. 2 figs 3, 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH 3742, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New record for Australia based on collections at James Cook University, Townsville, Qld (LM); (Indo-) west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 25-55 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, tropical.

Extra Ecological Information

Inner continental shelf.

General References

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.

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.

History of changes