WoRMS taxon details
Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851)
1470578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1470578)
accepted
Species
Hypselaster dolosus H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym of...)
junior subjective synonym of Proraster jukesii according to McNamara & Philip (1980: p. 144)
Hypselaster jukesii (Gray, 1851) · unaccepted (transferred to Proraster by...)
transferred to Proraster by McNamara & Philip (1980: p. 110)
Opissaster jukesii (Gray, 1851) · unaccepted (transferred to Hypselaster)
Schizaster jukesii Gray, 1851 · unaccepted (transferred to Hypselaster)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Schizaster jukesii Gray, 1851) Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716
page(s): 133 [details]
page(s): 133 [details]
Note Cape York, According to McNamara & Philip...
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1470578 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hypselaster dolosus H.L. Clark, 1938) Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 430-432; pl. 28: figs 4-7 [details]
original description (of Schizaster jukesii Gray, 1851) Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716
page(s): 133 [details]
new combination reference McNamara, K. J.; Philip, G. M. (1980). Living Australian schizasterid echinoids. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 104(1979): 127-146.
page(s): 143-144; figs 11A-C, 12A [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 430-432; pl. 28: figs 4-7 [details]
original description (of Schizaster jukesii Gray, 1851) Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716
page(s): 133 [details]
new combination reference McNamara, K. J.; Philip, G. M. (1980). Living Australian schizasterid echinoids. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 104(1979): 127-146.
page(s): 143-144; figs 11A-C, 12A [details] Available for editors
[request]
Paratype (of Hypselaster dolosus H.L. Clark, 1938) MCZ 7245, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cape York [details]Type material According to McNamara & Philip (1980: p. 144); "The specimen figured by Gray (1855, Pl. 3, fig. 4) and identified and figured by Mortensen (1951, p. 318, Pl. 22, figs 15-17) and in the collectons of the British Museum (Natural History)." [details]
