Ophiuroidea taxon details
 Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909) AphiaID: 214611
| Status | | accepted |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Astrothorax Döderlein, 1911 |
| Orig. name | | Astrotoma waitei Benham, 1909 |
Synonymised
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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
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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 cucumbers, 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, 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): 221-435, 23 plates., 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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29452519 [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]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | From other sources
 South Coast of Hangklip [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
New Zealand
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa
South Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien
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| Specimens | |
Unknown type [from synonym] MCZ OPH-4310 [view taxon]
Paratype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-3942 [view taxon]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
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| Attributes | | 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]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214611 |
Taxonomic
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| 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. (2007). Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2015) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214611 on 2016-10-01 |
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