WoRMS taxon details
original description
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128 page(s): 323 [details]
original description
(of Astropecten stellaris Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 181 [details]
original description
(of Archaster nicobaricus Behn in Möbius, 1859) Möbius, K. (1859). Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. <em>Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg.</em> 4(2): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12191319 page(s): 13 [details]
context source (HKRMS)
Leung KMY., Lui KKY., Wai TC., Cheung AYT, Chan BKK. & Yau C. (2006). Study on the Soft Shore in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture & Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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]
Unverified
Description Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Bay of Bengal , East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-60 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: sulawesi (as Celebes), Indo-Malay Archipelago (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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