Species Tamaria megaloplax (Bell, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Linckia megaloplax Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1881.10.26.173, Albany Is., QLD.
• Ophidiaster tuberifer 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 [404, pl. 65(1-4)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1890.5.7.614–617 4 specimens, off Cape York (10º30´S 142º18´E), Torres Strait, QLD.
• Ophidiaster hirsutus Koehler, R. 1910. Shallow-Water Asteroidea. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Calcutta : Indian Museum 191 pp. 20 pls. [149, pl. 18(5-6)].

  Type data:

   Holotype IM, Cinque Is., Andaman Ils, Bay of Bengal.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Livingstone, A.A. 1932. Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 241-265 figs 1-2 pls 1-12 [259]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tamaria hirsuta (Koehler, 1910) [synonym according to H.L. Clark (1938)].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Carpentaria to Great Barrier Reef Qld. Depth range 13-117 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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 [259] (originally recorded from 'Port Curtis, Fitzroy Is., Albany Is., Port Denison' but only the Albany Is. identification can be regarded as authentic for the species)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	23-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)