Asteroidea taxon details
original description
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): 15 [details]
original description
(of Ophidiaster lioderma 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): 80 [details]
basis of record
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific Ocean, intertidal waters to 8 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Neotype in Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève (Switzerland) No. 791/53. Type locality: Mauritius (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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