Species Rosaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889)
- Nymphaster symbolicus Sladen, W.P. 1889. Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 30: 1-893 pls 1-117 [297, pls 50(1-2), 53(7-8)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1890.5.7.429–434, off Tablas Is., Philippines, and Torres Strait, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW Shelf, WA and near entrance to Torres Strait, Arafura Sea, tentative records off Port Gregory, Dongara, Murchison and Houtman Abrolhos, WA; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 51-331 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), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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
Sladen, W.P. 1889. Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 30: 1-893 pls 1-117 (recognised a variety as
History of changes
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