Neoferdina cumingi
©Lyle Vail and Anne Hoggett: Neoferdina cumingi at South Island. Note the large, pink/purple marginal plates alternating with much smaller pale ones.
©Lyle Vail: A specimen found inside a deep crevice at Pidgin Point in January 2009
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Valvatida
Family
Goniasteridae
Genus
Neoferdina
Species
Neoferdina cumingi
Colours
Distinguishing features
Superomarginal plates alternate between bare purple ones and pale, granule-covered ones. The colour pattern as shown is distinctive.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Neoferdina insolita
has all superomarginal plates bare, not alternating with granulated ones. It has not been recorded from the Lizard Island area (yet).
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Uncommon
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.
- Marsh, L.M. and J. Fromont (2020). Field Guide to shallow water seastars of Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.