Species Tegulaster leptalacantha (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterina leptalacantha 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 [57, pl. 18(3-4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J3082, Masthead Is., Capricorn Group, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Disasterina leptalacantha (H.L. Clark, 1916).
• Tegulaster leptalacantha (H.L. Clark, 1916).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Orpheus Is., near Palm Is. to the Capricorn Group Islands Qld. Littoral waters

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Jan-2016	ASTERINIDAE	23-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
12-Feb-2012		12-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)