Species List for Genus: Pteraster
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Click here to filter list on Geographical RangeGenus: Pteraster
- Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
Marine
Macquarie Island, 8 metres. Also recorded from the Antarctic and subantarctic, 0-603 metres
An - Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
Marine, Endemic
Southern NZ, from Chatham Rise to Campbell Plateau and Bounty Platform, 20-520 metres, with the only records shallower than 100 metres from Fiordland
MAnE. - Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908
Marine
Northern Tasman Sea and Kermadec Islands 142-850 metres. Also known from Japan and the Philippines
K - Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973
Marine
From off East Cape to Campbell Plateau, 997-1400 metres
CFAn - Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
Marine
Near Macquarie Island in 360 metres. Also known from the Antarctic and Subantarctic, 79-2084 metres
An
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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