WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Valvaster spinifera H.L. Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937 page(s): 102 [details]
original description
(of Asterias striata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321 page(s): 564 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type data: status undetermined Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: Mauritius (as I'île de France), Western Indian Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Valvasteridae (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
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