WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Asterias schmideliana Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459 page(s): 11 [details]
original description
(of Culcita schmideliana var. africana Döderlein, 1896) Döderlein, L. (1896). Bericht uber die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 5: 301-326, plates 18-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292078 page(s): 315 [details]
original description
(of Goniodiscus studeri deLoriol, 1885) de Loriol, P. (1885). Catalogue raisonné des Échinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. 2. Stellérides. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 29(4): 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36249317 page(s): 49 [details]
original description
(of Asterias discoidea 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): 554 [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]
Otheradditional source
Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. <em>Zoologische Wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: dark grey background with small irregular pink patches mostly adjacent to black tubercles, madreporite some shade of orange being the same colour as the intertubercular areas at the arm tips.
Often with carapid fish commensal in stomach, sometimes with polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda, 1861 and usually with commensal shrimp Periclimenes soror Nobili (Palamonidae) (Humphreys, 1981). Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); western and central Indian Ocean, including Ceylon (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indian Ocean, depth range 0-92 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality unknown ("Magellan Sea"). Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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