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WoRMS taxon details
Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842
AphiaID: 213112
AphiaID: 213112
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Luidia Forbes, 1839 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Luidia maculata var. ceylonica Doderlein, 1920 (synonymy) Luidia varia Mortensen, 1925 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] additional source: Imaoka T, Irimura S, Okutani T, Oguro C, Oji T, Shigei M, Horikawa H. (1990). Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. vol. I.1-159. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa | Forma Luidia maculata f. hermani A.M. Clark, 1953 accepted as Luidia herdmani A.M. Clark, 1953 Variety Luidia maculata var. ceylonica Doderlein, 1920 accepted as Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842 Variety Luidia maculata var. quinaria von Martens, 1865 accepted as Luidia quinaria von Martens, 1865 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Cargados Carajos [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] New Caledonia [details] Red Sea [details] Sagami Bay [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] South China Sea [details] West Indian Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Also distributed in SE Arabian, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-134 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: ?Syntypes Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (Netherlands) No. 539 (2 specimens). Type locality: Japan (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2009). Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842. In: Mah, C.L. (2009). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213112 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||
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