Species Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, C.F. 1871. Fortsatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Söstjernerne (Asteriderne). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 23: 227-304 [277].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH 1244, Tonga, SW Pacific Ocean; BMNH 1874.10.5.25, Tonga, SW Pacific Ocean.
• Ophidiaster germani Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la Collection de Stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris : C. Reinwald et Cie 384 pp. [also published in Arch. Zool.] [130, 394].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP (depository uncertain), New Caledonia.
• Ophidiaster robillardi de Loriol, P. 1885. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Île Maurice. II. Stellérides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 29(4): 1-84 pls 7-22 [24 pl. 15(1-5)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype GMNH 791/46, ?Maurice Is.
  Paralectotype(s) GMNH 791/45 4 specimens, ?Maurice Is.; GMNH 791/47–51 5 specimens, ?Maurice Is.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Jangoux, M. 1985. Catalogue commenté des types d'Echinodermes actuels conservés dans les collections nationales suisses, suivi d'une notice sur la contribution de Louis Agassiz à la connaissance des Echinodermes actuels. Genève : Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 67 pp. 11 pls. [29].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [84] (O. germani)
• Marsh, L.M. & Marshall, J.I. 1983. Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science 33(3): 671-687 figs 1-2 [675] (as robillardi)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to the Capricorn Group, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-5 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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.

Marsh, L.M. & Marshall, J.I. 1983. Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science 33(3): 671-687 figs 1-2

 

History of changes

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