Asteroidea taxon details
Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842 AphiaID: 212298
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Culcita (Agassiz, 1836) |
Synonymised
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Anthenea spinulosa (Gray, 1847) (A synonym according to Goto (1914))
Culcita grex Müller & Troschel, 1842 (validity doubtful according to Doderlein, (1896))
Culcita pentagularis Gray, 1847 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847
Culcita pulverulenta Perrier, 1869 (A synonym of Perrier (1875))
Goniaster multiporum Hoffman in Rowe, 1974 (A synonym according to Rowe)
Goniaster sebae (Muller & Troschel, 1842) (Synonym according to Goto (1914))
Goniodiscides sebae (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (A synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Goniodiscus sebae Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Hippasteria philippinensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938 (Synonym according to A.H. Clark (1949))
Hosia spinulosa Gray, 1847 (A synonym according to Koehler (1910))
Pentagonaster spinulosus (Gray, 1847) (Synonym according to Goto (1914))
Randasia granulata Gray, 1847
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| Sources | |
basis of record: 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]
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: Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o - Zoologische wetenschappen Nr 208. 50 pp, 7 pl. [details] [view taxon]
from synonym: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] [view taxon]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
cushion star |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | Hawaiian Islands [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Caledonia [details]
Palau Islands [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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| Host of | |
Astroxynus culcitae Humes, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Stellicola oreastriphilus Kossmann, 1877 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Stellicola parvulipes Humes, 1976 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
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| Notes | |
Distribution: Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Tuamotus, Guam, Seleo Island, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. And Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical, east Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); from Lakshadweep (India) to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality: Type locality: New Guinea. Syntypes in Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (Netherlands) [formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie] No. 611 and 1300 (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Specie spelled as 'novae-guineae' in Clark (1954). [details]
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Culcita size range
added on 2009-03-15 - author: Mah, Christopher
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-15 04:45:16 |
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Culcita novaeguineae
added on 2009-04-04 - author: Ron Yeo ( )
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-04-04 20:33:24 |
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Culcita novaeguineae and Culcita schmideliana
added on 2011-10-31 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2012-11-03 03:18:49 |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212298 |
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| | | Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212298 on 2013-05-22 |
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