Species Valvaster striatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Asterias striatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [564].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Mauritius (as I'île de France), Western Indian Ocean. - Valvaster spinifera Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [102, pls 6(6), 36(8-9)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 2336, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (in confirmation of the views of 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 [71] and Marsh, L.M. 1974. Shallow-water asterozoans of southeastern Polynesia. 1. Asteroidea. Micronesica 10(1): 65–104 [94])
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Murray Is. to Escape Reef Qld, Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-20 m.
IMCRA
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. (also as Valvaster spinifera H.L. Clark, 1921)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Valvaster spinifera H.L. Clark, 1921)
Marsh, L.M. 1974. Shallow-water asterozoans of southeastern Polynesia. 1. Asteroidea. Micronesica 10(1): 65-104
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |