WoRMS taxon details
original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 page(s): 71 [details]
original description
(of Astropecten bonnieri Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1906). Echinides, Stellerides et Ophiures recueillis par MM. Bonnier et Perez dans la Mer Rouge (Cotes d'Arabie) en 1903. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 1905: 458-463., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?refid=217179 page(s): 462 [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]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Type locality Red Sea. Spelled A. Hemprichii in Simpson & Brown (1910).
According to Rowe & Gates (1995), Astropecten carcharicus Döderlein, 1917, Astropecten hemprichi Döderlein, 1917 (Red Sea) and Astropecten carcharicus formosanus Döderlein, 1917 (south coast of Formosa) are possible synonyms but more material is needed for thorough comparisons. [details]
From editor or global species database
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