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Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp.
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Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J.
1976
The echinoderms of southern Africa
Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp
Publication
This is a key to the Echinoderms of South Africa (except the Holothurians). The area is limited to Capricorn (South-east) and to Walvis bay (South-west). After all the surveys done by H.L. Clark (1923) and Mortensen (1933a, of the Asterozoa), only a small number of new taxa have been discovered. The number of species included is ca. 280.
South Africa
Bathyal, Continental slope
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Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875) (additional source)
Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 (additional source) Anseropoda grandis Mortensen, 1933 (additional source) Anseropoda habracantha H.L. Clark, 1923 (basis of record) Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905) (basis of record) Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy) Asterias capensis Perrier, 1875 accepted as Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875) (source of synonymy) Asterias exigua Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816) (source of synonymy) Asterias mammillata Audouin, 1826 accepted as Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826) (source of synonymy) Asterias savignyi Audouin, 1826 accepted as Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826) (source of synonymy) Asterias schmideliana Bruzelius, 1805 accepted as Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) (source of synonymy) Asterina exigua (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816) (source of synonymy) Astropecten pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 accepted as Astropecten irregularis pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 (basis of record) Astropecten pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 accepted as Astropecten irregularis pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 (source of synonymy) Austrofromia schultzei (Döderlein, 1910) accepted as Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910 (source of synonymy) Austrofromia schultzei (Döderlein, 1910) accepted as Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910 (basis of record) Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (additional source) Brisinga cricophora Sladen, 1889 (additional source) Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 (basis of record) Ceramaster trispinosus H.L. Clark, 1923 (basis of record) Chondraster elattosis H.L. Clark, 1923 (additional source) Cladaster macrobrachius H.L. Clark, 1923 (basis of record) Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889) (additional source) Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889) (additional source) Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889 (additional source) Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) (additional source) Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) (additional source) Echinaster ornatus Perrier, 1869 accepted as Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869) (source of synonymy) Eustolasterias stenactis H.L. Clark, 1926 accepted as Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926) accepted as Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) (source of synonymy) Goniodiscus sebae Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842 (source of synonymy) Goniopecten intermedius Perrier, 1881 accepted as Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881) (source of synonymy) Henricia abyssalis (Perrier, 1894) (source of synonymy) Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869) (additional source) Henricia retecta A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 (original description) Henricia reticulata (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Henricia retecta A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 (source of synonymy) Hippasteria strongylactis H.L. Clark, 1926 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana strongylactis H.L. Clark, 1926 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (basis of record) Hymenaster gennaeus H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Hymenaster rex Perrier, 1885 (additional source) Hymenaster lamprus H.L. Clark, 1923 (additional source) Hymenaster latebrosus Sladen, 1882 (additional source) Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840) accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy) Luidia africana Sladen, 1889 accepted as Luidia sarsi africana Sladen, 1889 accepted as Luidia sarsii africana Sladen, 1889 (additional source) Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826) (additional source) Luidiaster hirsutus Studer, 1884 accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884) (additional source) Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source) Marthasterias rarispina (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy) Mithrodia gigas Mortensen, 1935 accepted as Thromidia gigas (Mortensen, 1935) (basis of record) Odontaster australis H.L. Clark, 1926 (additional source) Oreaster lincki (de Blainville, 1830) accepted as Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) (source of synonymy) Palmipes novemradiata Bell, 1905 accepted as Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905) (source of synonymy) Pararchaster pedicifer Sladen, 1889 accepted as Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (source of synonymy) Parasterina formosa Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933) (source of synonymy) Patiria Gray, 1840 (additional source) Patiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933) accepted as Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933) (basis of record) Patiria granifera Gray, 1847 accepted as Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847) (basis of record) Patiria stellifera (Möbius, 1859) accepted as Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859) (basis of record) Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source) Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826) (additional source) Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923 (additional source) Plutonaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source) Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881) (basis of record) Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (additional source) Poraniopsis capensis H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891 (basis of record) Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) (additional source) Pseudarchaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889 (basis of record) Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889 (additional source) Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 (additional source) Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 (additional source) Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933 (additional source) Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891 (basis of record) Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926) accepted as Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) (basis of record) Sphaeriodiscus bourgeti (Perrier, 1885) (additional source) Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Spoladaster veneris (Perrier, 1879) (additional source) Stegnobrisinga splendens H.L. Clark, 1926 (additional source) Stichaster felipes Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889) (source of synonymy) Toraster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847) (additional source) Tylaster meridionalis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Spoladaster veneris (Perrier, 1879) (basis of record)
Agulhas Bank for Pseudarchaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923
Algoa Bay for Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923) Baie de l'Observatoire for Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Cape Natal for Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905) Cape of Good Hope for Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869) Cape of Good Hope for Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 Cape Point for Ceramaster patagonicus euryplax H.L. Clark, 1923 Cape Point for Cladaster macrobrachius H.L. Clark, 1923 Cape Point for Hymenaster lamprus H.L. Clark, 1923 Cape Town for Dipsacaster sladeni capensis A.M. Clark, 1952 Durban for Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926) Durban for Stegnobrisinga splendens H.L. Clark, 1926 East London for Anseropoda habracantha H.L. Clark, 1923 False Bay (South Africa) for Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 False Bay (South Shetland Islands) for Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889) False Bay (South Shetland Islands) for Henricia retecta A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 False Bay (South Shetland Islands) for Mediaster capensis capensis H.L. Clark, 1923 False Bay (South Shetland Islands) for Patiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933) Kaap Infante for Chondraster elattosis H.L. Clark, 1923 Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone for Luidiaster hirsutus Studer, 1884 Lambert's Bay for Anseropoda grandis Mortensen, 1933 Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) Morgan for Mithrodia gigas Mortensen, 1935 Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone for Henricia abyssalis (Perrier, 1894) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten antares Döderlein, 1926 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John, 1948 (inaccurate) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842 Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816) Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) Port Nolloth for Tylaster meridionalis Mortensen, 1933 Red Sea for Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 Rio De Janeiro for Patiria stellifera (Möbius, 1859) Saint Thomas for Brisinga cricophora Sladen, 1889 Saldanha Bay for Hippasteria strongylactis H.L. Clark, 1926 Saldanha Bay for Odontaster australis H.L. Clark, 1926 South Africa for Austrofromia schultzei (Döderlein, 1910) South Africa (country) for Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875) South Africa (country) for Anseropoda grandis Mortensen, 1933 South Africa (country) for Anseropoda habracantha H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905) South Africa (country) for Anthenoides marleyi Mortensen, 1925 South Africa (country) for Asterina gracilispina H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847) South Africa (country) for Astropecten anacanthus H.L. Clark, 1926 South Africa (country) for Astropecten antares Döderlein, 1926 South Africa (country) for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John, 1948 South Africa (country) for Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 South Africa (country) for Astropecten irregularis pontoporaeus Sladen, 1883 South Africa (country) for Astropecten leptus H.L. Clark, 1926 South Africa (country) for Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913 South Africa (country) for Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (doubtful) South Africa (country) for Brisinga cricophora Sladen, 1889 South Africa (country) for Calliaster acanthodes H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 South Africa (country) for Ceramaster patagonicus euryplax H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Ceramaster trispinosus H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Chondraster elattosis H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Cladaster macrobrachius H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889) South Africa (country) for Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) South Africa (country) for Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889) South Africa (country) for Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889 South Africa (country) for Dipsacaster sladeni capensis A.M. Clark, 1952 South Africa (country) for Disasterina leptalacantha var. africana Mortensen, 1933 South Africa (country) for Hacelia capensis Mortensen, 1925 South Africa (country) for Henricia abyssalis (Perrier, 1894) South Africa (country) for Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869) South Africa (country) for Henricia retecta A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 South Africa (country) for Hippasteria phrygiana var. capensis Mortensen, 1933 South Africa (country) for Hippasteria strongylactis H.L. Clark, 1926 South Africa (country) for Hymenaster gennaeus H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Hymenaster lamprus H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Hymenaster latebrosus Sladen, 1882 South Africa (country) for Lophaster quadrispinus H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Luidia africana Sladen, 1889 South Africa (country) for Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842 South Africa (country) for Luidia sagamina aciculata Mortensen, 1933 (inaccurate) South Africa (country) for Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826) South Africa (country) for Luidiaster hirsutus Studer, 1884 South Africa (country) for Marthasterias glacialis f. africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842) South Africa (country) for Marthasterias glacialis f. rarispina H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Mediaster capensis capensis H.L. Clark, 1923 South Africa (country) for Mediaster capensis var. durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 South Africa (country) for Mithrodia gigas Mortensen, 1935 South Africa (country) for Odontaster australis H.L. Clark, 1926 South Africa (country) for Patiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933) South Africa (country) for Patiria granifera Gray, 1847 South Africa (country) for Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816) South Africa (country) for Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885 South Africa (country) for Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826) (inaccurate)
Unknown type, geounit Cape Point, identified as Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923
Unknown type, geounit Cape Point, identified as Hymenaster gennaeus H.L. Clark, 1923 Holotype, geounit Cape Verde, identified as Sphaeriodiscus bourgeti (Perrier, 1885) Unknown type, geounit False Bay (South Africa), identified as Luidia africana Sladen, 1889 Unknown type, geounit False Bay (South Africa), identified as Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889 Unknown type, geounit South Norway, identified as Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) Holotype BM 1890.5.7.1007, geounit Philippines, identified as Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889) Biology Sexually dimrophic species, epizoic on cake urchins Echinodiscus bisperforatus and E. auritus [details] Description Description: disc scales with scattered pointed spinelets; single thick oral papilla, no infradental papilla; ... [details] Description Clark & Courtman-Stock record the species as observed from South Africa, without further details. [details] Distribution General distribution: temperate, discontinuous (Pacific and Atlantic Oceans), depth range 62-2963 m. (Rowe & Gates, ... [details] Distribution Distribution: South Africa, not known more precisely. [details] Distribution Distribution: also atlantic coast of S Africa (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] Distribution Also reported from Morocco and Ivory coast (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] Distribution Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in Gilbert Islands (Clark, 1954). [details] Distribution Also distributed in Saipan (Clark, 1954). [details] Distribution Also distributed in Maldives, Andamans, Lesser Sunda Island and southern Japan in depths from about 400-2800 m. ... [details] Distribution Distribution: occurs ao on the Atlantic Coast of South Africa (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 [554]) [details] Ecology benthic, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: temperate, South Africa, west Pacific Ocean, ... [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: temperate, discontinuous (west ... [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal. General distribution: temperate, circumglobal ... [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, continental slope. Depth range 318-2300 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also previously recorded in ... [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, continental slope. General distribution: temperate, discontinuous, South Africa, New Zealand, ... [details] Holotype Holotype South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.Type locality: off East London, South Africa, 375m (Rowe & ... [details] Holotype Holotype whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Red Sea, in Lyman (1865) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Holotype Holotype in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 2278; paratypes in ... [details] Holotype Holotype South African Museum, Cape Town (South Africa) A.6445. Type locality: NW of Lion's Head, Cape Town, South ... [details] Remark Type species: Tristan da Cunha, 200 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] Remark Types species: Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 (=Echinus cordatus Pennant, 1777) by subsequent designation (Rowe & ... [details] Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Unknown (Britain) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Type data: syntypes whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Type specie of the genus Keraiophorus Michelin, 1862 (=Coelopleurus L. Agassiz, 1840 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Syntypes undetermied. Type locality: Norway in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976), but unknown in Rowe & Gates (1995). [details] Remark Syntypes ?Zoologisches Museum, Göttingen (Germany) (3 specimens).Type locality: Amboina, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details] Remark Syntypes Natural History Museum, London (England) 1882.12.23.444. Type locality: japan (35°11'N 139°28'E) (Rowe & ... [details] Remark Type species: Ophiogymna elegans Ljungman, 1866 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Lectotype Museum fürNnaturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) 5429, paralectotype Museum ... [details] Remark Lectotype Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paralectotypes Universitait van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, ... [details] Remark Type species: Ophiacantha vipellis Lyman, 1883 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Syntypes (probable) Natural History Museum, London (england). Type locality: off the coast of Ireland (Rowe & ... [details] Remark Type specie of the genus Cryptopelta H.L. Clark, 1909 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Syntypes (7 specimens) ?Universitait van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Type locality: east of Sailus Besar, ... [details] Remark Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. Described by Müller & Troschel ... [details] Remark Type species: Cidaris cretosa Mantell, 1829 (=Cidaris sceptrifera Mantell, 1822) by subsequent designation in ... [details] Status Lyman (1882) intended this to be a synonym of Ophioderma tonagan Lütken, 1872, but assigned his own name to it as ... [details] Synonymy Treated as synonym of Astrothorax papillata (H.L. Clark, 1923) in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976). [details] synonymy Original combination for Henricia reticulata; H. reticulata is junior homonym of H. reticulata of Hayashi, 1940. [details] Synonymy In Lyman (1874): Ophiothrix longipeda is a synonym of Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman. But Ophiothrix propinqua is a ... [details] |