Species Stellaster squamulosus (Studer, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pentagonaster (Stellaster) squamulosus Studer, T. 1884. Verzeichniss der während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–76 gesammelten Asteriden und Euryaliden. Abhandlungen der Akadamie der Wissenschaften Berlin 1884: 1-64 pls 1-5 [33, pl. 4(6a-c)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB, off north-western Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago to off La Grange Bay, WA and tentative record from off Gillett Cay, Swain Reefs, Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 28-200 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, tropical.

 

General References

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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)