The World Asteroidea Database - Gomophia sphenisci (A.M. Clark, 1967)

WoRMS taxon details

Gomophia sphenisci (A.M. Clark, 1967)

AphiaID

213302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213302)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gomophia Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967

Synonymised names

Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967) Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 15(4): 169-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336715
page(s): 173 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, endemic,...

Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, endemic, depth range 22-36 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Gomophia sphenisci (A.M. Clark, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213302 on 2024-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-09-07 07:15:45Z

created

Garcia, Maria

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967) Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 15(4): 169-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336715
page(s): 173 [details]

basis of record Jangoux, M. and A. Aziz. (1984). Les asterides (Echinodermes) du centre-ouest de l'ocean Indien (Seychelles, Maldives et iles Mineures). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris ser. 6(A)4: 857-884. [details]

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

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, endemic, depth range 22-36 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Holotype Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1892.1.14.27, paratypes in Natural History Museum, London 1892.4.4.6-7 (2 specimens). Type locality: Holothuria Bank, northwest Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967)