Species Tegulaster praesignis (Livingstone, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Disasterina praesignis Livingstone, A.A. 1933. Some genera and species of the Asterinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 1-20 pls 1-5 [10, pls 1(5,8), 2(5)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J5059, North Channel, off Curtis Is., Port Curtis, QLD.
• Disasterina spinulifera Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [156, pl. 22(6)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3267, Broome, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• O'Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of the genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1-40 [35-36]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tegulaster praesignis (Livingstone, 1933).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Murray Is., Torres Strait and Heron Is. to Curtis Is. Qld; NW Western Australia. Depth range 0-7 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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

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