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Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables.
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Clark, A. M.
1974
Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa
Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology)
26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables
Publication
The main part of this paper deals with noteworthy species of echinoderms (excepting holothurians) from around the mainland of southern Africa south of the Tropic of Capricorn, with appendices on a few species from off-lying localities including the Vema Seamount, Walter's Shoal, a peak of the South-West Indian Ocean Ridge and Madagascar. Most of the specimens came from the Ecological Survey of the University of Cape Town, but some were collected in conjunction with the International Indian Ocean Year, notably by the 'Anton Bruun' ; a few from the British Museum collections are also dealt with. Three new species of ophiuroids are described and the ranges of four other ophiuroids and two unstalked crinoids are extended to Southern Africa. A lectotype is selected for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John and taxonomic changes are made to several nominal species of other Asterozoa, including transfers to different genera, alterations in rank and synonymies (see p. 483).
Indian Ocean
Madagascar South Africa
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution
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Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Asterina dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) (source of synonymy) Asterina gracilispina H.L. Clark, 1923 (basis of record) Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974 (original description) Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) (new combination reference)
Cove Rock for Asterina gracilispina H.L. Clark, 1923
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Asterina burtoni Gray, 1840 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913 South Africa (country) for Asterina gracilispina H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847) South Africa (country) for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John, 1948 South Africa (country) for Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913 (doubtful) South Africa (country) for Ceramaster patagonicus euryplax H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Hacelia capensis Mortensen, 1925 South Africa (country) for Lophaster quadrispinus H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Luidia avicularia Fisher, 1913 (doubtful) South Africa (country) for Marthasterias glacialis f. africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842) South Africa (country) for Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) South Africa (country) for Psilaster acuminatus Sladen, 1889 Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Asterina burtoni Gray, 1840 Distribution SW Indian Ocean Ridge N of the Crozet Islands; Depth range : 400 m [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, continental slope. General distribution: temperate, discontinuous (South Africa, New Zealand, ... [details] Remark Type species of the subgenus: (Unioplus) Fell, 1962 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Type locality: off Durban, 410 m. [details] Remark In Subgenus: (Lymanella) A.M. Clark, 1970. Type locality: off Tugela River mouth, Natal, 46m [details] Remark In Subgenus: ( Amphioplus) Verrill, 1899. Type locality: off Durban, 410 m [details] Remark Placement in family tentative; classified as incertae sedis in A.M. Clark (1974). Type locality: off Zanzibar, ... [details] Remark nom. nov. for Asterodiscus Gray, 1847. Type species: Asterodiscus elegans Gray 1847, by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Syntype Museum of comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 1164. Type locality: ... [details] Remark Type species: Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 (=Asterias bidentata Retzius, 1805) by subsequent ... [details] Remark In Subgenus: Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840. Type locality: Denmark. [details] Type locality NE of Durban, 118 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] Type locality Florida Strait, c. 200 m. According to Mortensen (1933) and Clark, H.L. (1946), O. profundi Lütken & Mortensen, ... [details] Type locality W of Cape Peninsula, 420 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] Type locality NE of East London, South Africa, 55m [details] Type locality near Tugela River mouth, Natal, 77-150 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] Type locality between [Breede] River and Sebastian Bluff, intertidal. [details] Type locality Near Hermanus, between False Bay and Cape Agulhas. Type specie of the genus (Spatagobrissus) H.L. Clark, 1923 ... [details] |