WoRMS taxon details
Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone, 1936)
213304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213304)
accepted
Species
Ophidiaster watsoni Livingstone, 1936 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ophidiaster watsoni Livingstone, 1936) Livingstone, A. A. (1936). Descriptions of new Asteroidea from the Pacific. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(6): 383-390., available online at https://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/livingstone-1936-rec-aust-mus-196-383387
page(s): 386 [details]
page(s): 386 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213304 on 2025-07-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophidiaster watsoni Livingstone, 1936) Livingstone, A. A. (1936). Descriptions of new Asteroidea from the Pacific. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(6): 383-390., available online at https://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/livingstone-1936-rec-aust-mus-196-383387
page(s): 386 [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]
page(s): 386 [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]
Other
additional source
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Probably a synonym of Gomophia egyptiaca Gray, 1840 according to A.M. Clark (1967), which Endean's (1965) Queensland record of G. egyptiaca supports. But a valid species extending to New Caledonia according to Jangoux (1986). However, the illustration given by Jangoux of "G. watsoni" shows very slender arms unlike the holotype of O. watsoni. [details]Unreviewed
Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Lizard Is. to Capricorn Group, also east Indo-west Pacific ocean, depth range 0-35 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]Holotype Holotype in Australian Museum, Sydney (Australia) J5997. Type locality: Bushy Is., off Mackay, Queenslands Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
