Species Tamaria fusca Gray, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tamaria fusca Gray, J.E. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the Class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 6: 175-184, 275-290 [283].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1937.3.18.1, Migupou, Philippines.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Denison to off Direction Is.; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-70 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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

Livingstone, A.A. 1932. Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 241-265 figs 1-2 pls 1-12 [257] (records from NW Australia refer to Tamaria hirsuta (Koehler, 1910))

 

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)