WoRMS taxon details
Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842
213112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213112)
accepted
Species
Luidia maculata var. ceylonica Döderlein, 1920 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Luidia varia Mortensen, 1925 · unaccepted
- Forma Luidia maculata f. herdmani A.M. Clark, 1953 accepted as Luidia herdmani A.M. Clark, 1953 (raised to species by A.M. Clark in Clark & Rowe (1971))
- Variety Luidia maculata var. ceylonica Döderlein, 1920 accepted as Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonymy)
- Variety Luidia maculata var. quinaria von Martens, 1865 accepted as Luidia quinaria von Martens, 1865 (raised to species by Ives (1891))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
Description Also distributed in SE Arabian, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia,...
Description Also distributed in SE Arabian, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-134 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-134 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213112 on 2025-05-07
Date
action
by
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Luidia varia Mortensen, 1925) Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420., available online at http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Luidia maculata var. ceylonica Döderlein, 1920) Doderlein, L. (1920). die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 2. Die Gattung <i>Luidia</i> und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga Expedition 46: 193-291., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718062
page(s): 265 [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): 77 [details]
original description (of Luidia varia Mortensen, 1925) Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420., available online at http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Luidia maculata var. ceylonica Döderlein, 1920) Doderlein, L. (1920). die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 2. Die Gattung <i>Luidia</i> und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga Expedition 46: 193-291., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718062
page(s): 265 [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
context source (HKRMS)
Wai, T. C., Ng, W. C., Leung, K. M. Y. & Williams, G. A. (2011). Stock and ecological status of echinoderms in Hong Kong: evaluation of effectiveness of marine protected areas using sea urchins as model organism. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., Shigei, M. & Horikawa, H. (1990). <em>Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Vol. I. The Intensive Research of Unexploited Fishery Resources on Continental Slopes.</em> Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 1-159. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., Shigei, M. & Horikawa, H. (1990). <em>Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Vol. I. The Intensive Research of Unexploited Fishery Resources on Continental Slopes.</em> Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 1-159. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in SE Arabian, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-134 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark ?Syntypes Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (Netherlands) No. 539 (2 specimens). Type locality: Japan (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤツデスナヒトデ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Luidia varia Mortensen, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Luidia maculata)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Luidia varia Mortensen, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Luidia maculata)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)
