WoRMS taxon details

Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874)

213439  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213439)

accepted
Species
Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874 · unaccepted (transferred to Astroboa by...)  
transferred to Astroboa by Döderlein (1911)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874) Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [details]   
Holotype  (of Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874) MCZ OPH-2911  
Holotype (of Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874) MCZ OPH-2911 [details]
Description Description: Arm length to 40 cm, disc diameter to 10 cm. Colour uniformly black. Habitat: coral reefs, usually hidden deep...  
Description Description: Arm length to 40 cm, disc diameter to 10 cm. Colour uniformly black. Habitat: coral reefs, usually hidden deep in crevices.
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 22-113 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to Pacific Ocean (Richmond, 1998).
Also distributed in Persian Gulf, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213439 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
2000-09-19 07:15:44Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked

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original description  (of Astroboa nigra Döderlein, 1911) Döderlein, L. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der math. phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften, Suppl., 5 (2), 1-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16339443 [details]   

original description  (of Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874) Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [details]   

original description  (of Astrophyton elegans Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 45b, 1-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12109322 [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 Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]   

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874) MCZ OPH-2911 [details]
From other sources
Description Description: Arm length to 40 cm, disc diameter to 10 cm. Colour uniformly black. Habitat: coral reefs, usually hidden deep in crevices.
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 22-113 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to Pacific Ocean (Richmond, 1998).
Also distributed in Persian Gulf, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Holotype Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 2911.Type locality: Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
A. nudis var. nigra in Kalk (1958). [details]