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Marsh, L.M. and J.I. Marshall. (1983). Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Sceince 33(3): 671-687.
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Marsh, L. M.; Marshall, J. I.
1983
Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians
Bulletin of Marine Sceince
33(3), 671-687
Publication
The long coastline of northwestern Australia, with a high diversity of habitats, and the broad continental shelf, provide abundant living space for a rich echinoderm fauna which is still incompletely known, but there are now sufficient data to enable statements to be made, with some degree of confidence, about its composition and relationships.
The shelf edge atolls, offshore islands, and to a lesser extent the barrier reef which runs southwards from North West Cape, have an echinoderm fauna principally of widespread Indo-West Pacific species, characteristic of coral reefs in clear water. The coastal and shelf fauna on the other hand has a large component of endemic species. Its greatest affinity lies with the Indo-Malayan area, particularly Indonesia and the Philippines.
Forty-five species of echinoderms are here recorded from Western Australia for the first time.
Australia
Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution Date action by 2013-01-12 18:30:12Z created db_admin
Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (basis of record)
Red Sea for Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red Sea for Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Red Sea for Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) Red Sea for Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Red Sea for Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 Red Sea for Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) Red Sea for Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816) Red Sea for Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816) Red Sea for Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869) Red Sea for Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840) Red Sea for Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 Red Sea for Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Red Sea for Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) Red Sea for Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816) Red Sea for Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871 Red Sea for Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 Red Sea for Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871) Red Sea for Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866) Red Sea for Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Red Sea for Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) West Indian Ocean for Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) West Indian Ocean for Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 West Indian Ocean for Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) West Indian Ocean for Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 West Indian Ocean for Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) West Indian Ocean for Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816) West Indian Ocean for Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816) West Indian Ocean for Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869) West Indian Ocean for Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840) West Indian Ocean for Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 West Indian Ocean for Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) West Indian Ocean for Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) West Indian Ocean for Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816) West Indian Ocean for Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871 West Indian Ocean for Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 West Indian Ocean for Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871) West Indian Ocean for Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866) West Indian Ocean for Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) West Indian Ocean for Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) Description Description: disc scales with scattered blunt spines. Concentric dark and light colouration on the oral shields. ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). Ecology: benthic, inshore, ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific ... [details] Distribution Also distributed in Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan ... [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth ... [details] Holotype Holotype (probable) in Natural History Museum, London (England) 39.6.10.36. Type locality: Swan River, Western ... [details] Holotype Holotype Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark). Type locality: 'possibly the West ... [details] Holotype Holotype (probable) in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: Pondichery, India ... [details] Remark type data: status undetermined Museum für naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu berlin, Berlin (Germany). Type ... [details] Remark type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Indian Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Authority ... [details] Remark Syntypes (probable) in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, ... [details] Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Type locality unknown. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] |