Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909) 
AphiaID: 214611

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Astrothorax (Genus) > Astrothorax waitei (Species)

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Astrothorax Döderlein, 1911
Synonymised names		Astrocrius waitei (Benham, 1909) (synonym) Astrothamnus furtivus Koehler, 1930 Astrothamnus papillatus H.L. Clark, 1923 Astrothamnus rugosus H.L. Clark, 1916 Astrothorax furtivus (Koehler, 1930) Astrothorax papillata (H.L. Clark, 1923) Astrotoma waitei Benham, 1909
Sources		basis of record Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [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] additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbres, sea lilies, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400.  [details] source of synonymy Baker, A.N. (1980). Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(1) 1980: 11-83. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 30 [details] original description (of Astrothamnus papillatus H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 8-23., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up [details] original description (of Astrotoma waitei Benham, 1909) Benham, W.B. 1909. Echinoderma (Science reports N.Z. Government Trawling Expedition). Records of the Canterbury Museum, 1(2), 83-116. [details] original description (of Astrothamnus furtivus Koehler, 1930) Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d’Australie et dans l’Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening, 89, 1-295, 22 pl. [details] original description (of Astrothamnus rugosus H.L. Clark, 1916) Clark, H. L. (1916). Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Biological Results of the Fishing experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914. 4(1), 1-123., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48791#page/7/mode/1up [details] basis of record (of Astrocrius waitei (Benham, 1909)) Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		type locality South Coast of Hangklip [from synonym] [view taxon] [details] From other sources South Africa South Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details] (no group) New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)  To Encyclopedia of Life  To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)  To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Attribute		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details]
Notes		From other sources Distribution General distribution: temperate, southwest Pacific and South Africa, depth range 73-1005 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also recorded in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Remark Syntypes Canterbury Museum, Christchurch (New Zealand) (3 specimens). Type locality: east coast of Otago, New Zealand (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214611
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-09-19 07:15:44Z   created   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2014). Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214611 on 2015-01-27