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

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126088

Authors

Marsh, L. M.; Marshall, J. I.

Year

1983

Title

Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians

Journal

Bulletin of Marine Sceince

Suffix

33(3), 671-687

Type

Publication

Link

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1983/00000033/00000003/art00014#expand/collapse

Abstract

The long coastline of northwestern Australia, with a high diversity of habitats, and the broad continental shelf, provide abundant living space for a rich echinoderm fauna which is still incompletely known, but there are now sufficient data to enable statements to be made, with some degree of confidence, about its composition and relationships. The shelf edge atolls, offshore islands, and to a lesser extent the barrier reef which runs southwards from North West Cape, have an echinoderm fauna principally of widespread Indo-West Pacific species, characteristic of coral reefs in clear water. The coastal and shelf fauna on the other hand has a large component of endemic species. Its greatest affinity lies with the Indo-Malayan area, particularly Indonesia and the Philippines. Forty-five species of echinoderms are here recorded from Western Australia for the first time.

Geographical term

Australia

Bibliographical terms

Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution

Taxonomic term

Asteroidea

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Description

for Ophiomastix annulosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Description: disc scales with scattered blunt spines. Concentric dark and light colouration on the oral shields. ... [details]

Distribution

for Breynia desorii Gray, 1851

Also distributed in Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). Ecology: benthic, inshore, ... [details]

Distribution

for Dictenophiura stellata (Studer, 1882)

Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]

Distribution

for Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, ... [details]

Distribution

for Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)

Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia ... [details]

Distribution

for Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Also distributed in bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific ... [details]

Distribution

for Peronella orbicularis (Leske, 1778)

Also distributed in Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan ... [details]

Ecology

for Pseudoboletia maculata Troschel, 1869

Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth ... [details]

Holotype

for Breynia desorii Gray, 1851

Holotype (probable) in Natural History Museum, London (England) 39.6.10.36. Type locality: Swan River, Western ... [details]

Holotype

for Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)

Holotype Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark). Type locality: 'possibly the West ... [details]

Holotype

for Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Holotype (probable) in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: Pondichery, India ... [details]

Remark

for Dictenophiura stellata (Studer, 1882)

type data: status undetermined Museum für naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu berlin, Berlin (Germany). Type ... [details]

Remark

for Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Indian Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Authority ... [details]

Remark

for Ophiomastix annulosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Syntypes (probable) in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]

Remark

for Pseudoboletia maculata Troschel, 1869

Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Type locality

for Peronella orbicularis (Leske, 1778)

unknown. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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