Species Astropecten indicus Döderlein, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astropecten indicus Döderlein, L. 1888. Echinodermen von Ceylon. Bericht über die von den Herren Dres Sarasin gesammelten Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea und Echinoidea. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 3(6): 821-846 pls 31-33 [828, pl. 31(2a-d)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian distribution based on specimens from off Townsville to Ball Bay, north of Mackay Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean

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.

John, D.D. 1948. Notes on Asteroidea in the British Museum (Natural History) 1. The species of Astropecten. Novitates Zoologicae 42(3): 485-508 pls 1-4

 

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)