WoRMS taxon details
Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)
212295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212295)
accepted
Species
Asterias discoidea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Asterias schmideliana Bruzelius, 1805 · unaccepted
Culcita schmideliana var. africana Döderlein, 1896 · unaccepted
Goniodiscus studeri deLoriol, 1885 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark...)
Synonym according to A.M. Clark in Clark & Rowe (1971)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias schmideliana Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quamr. sub praesidio A.J. Retzii. exhibet N. Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae (formerly know as Retzius, R.J.)., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Note unknown ("Magellan Sea"). Type data: status...
From other sources
Type locality unknown ("Magellan Sea"). Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Description Colour in life: dark grey background with small irregular pink patches mostly adjacent to black tubercles, madreporite some...
Description Colour in life: dark grey background with small irregular pink patches mostly adjacent to black tubercles, madreporite some shade of orange being the same colour as the intertubercular areas at the arm tips.
Often with carapid fish commensal in stomach, sometimes with polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda, 1861 and usually with commensal shrimp Periclimenes soror Nobili (Palamonidae) (Humphreys, 1981). Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); western and central Indian Ocean, including Ceylon (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indian Ocean, depth range 0-92 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Often with carapid fish commensal in stomach, sometimes with polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda, 1861 and usually with commensal shrimp Periclimenes soror Nobili (Palamonidae) (Humphreys, 1981). Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); western and central Indian Ocean, including Ceylon (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indian Ocean, depth range 0-92 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212295 on 2024-04-23
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original description
(of Asterias schmideliana Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quamr. sub praesidio A.J. Retzii. exhibet N. Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae (formerly know as Retzius, R.J.)., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Culcita schmideliana var. africana Döderlein, 1896) Döderlein, L. (1896). Bericht uber die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 5: 301-326, plates 18-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292078
page(s): 315 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus studeri deLoriol, 1885) de Loriol, P. (1885). Catalogue raisonné des Échinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. 2. Stellérides. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 29(4): 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36249317
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Asterias discoidea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 554 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. <em>Zoologische wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Culcita schmideliana var. africana Döderlein, 1896) Döderlein, L. (1896). Bericht uber die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 5: 301-326, plates 18-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292078
page(s): 315 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus studeri deLoriol, 1885) de Loriol, P. (1885). Catalogue raisonné des Échinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. 2. Stellérides. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 29(4): 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36249317
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Asterias discoidea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 554 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. <em>Zoologische wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Colour in life: dark grey background with small irregular pink patches mostly adjacent to black tubercles, madreporite some shade of orange being the same colour as the intertubercular areas at the arm tips.Often with carapid fish commensal in stomach, sometimes with polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda, 1861 and usually with commensal shrimp Periclimenes soror Nobili (Palamonidae) (Humphreys, 1981). Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); western and central Indian Ocean, including Ceylon (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indian Ocean, depth range 0-92 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality unknown ("Magellan Sea"). Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
