Species Stellaster inspinosus H.L. Clark, 1916
- Stellaster inspinosus Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [48, pl. 13(1-2)].
Type data:
Holotype AM E2503, between Cape Naturaliste and Geraldton, WA.
Paratype(s) MCZ. - Stellaster gibbosus Döderlein, L. 1916. Über die Gattung Oreaster und Verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 40(5): 409-440 figs A-S [412].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Barrow Is. and Fremantle, WA.Type locality references:
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [98].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [98]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Mandurah to Barrow Is. WA. Depth range 14-174 m.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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
Marsh, L.M. 1976. Western Australian Asteroidea since H.L. Clark. Thalassia Jugoslavica 12(1): 213-225 figs 1-2
History of changes
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