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Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840 
AphiaID: 212318

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Nardoa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Nardoa Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Linckia pauciforis von Martens, 1866
Linckia tuberculata von Martens, 1866
Nardoa finschi de Loriol, 1891 (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Nardoa obtusa (Perrier, 1875) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1967))
Nardoa pauciforis von Martens, 1866
Ophidiaster tuberculatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Scytaster obtusus Perrier, 1875 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1967))
Scytaster tuberculatus Perrier, 1875
Sources  original description: Gray J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290. [details]

basis of record: Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55291#page/35/mode/1up [details]

basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 15(4): 167-198. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Martens, E. von (1866). Ueber östasiatiche Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 32:: 57-88; 133-189. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Cargados Carajos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Palau Islands [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Distribution: Also distributed in Philippine Islands, S Japan, Caroline Islands (A.M. Clark, 1993 ); East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, coral reefs. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Type locality: Type locality: Sual, Island of Luzon, Philippines. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1938.6.23.4 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Image 
Nardoa tuberculata
Nardoa tuberculata
added on 2008-11-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212318
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1999-09-05 09:29:22Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-12-25 05:29:20Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212318 on 2013-05-22
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