Species Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker & Devaney, 1981
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [163-167, figs 37-38, 69-74].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K1750, Seal Rock, Encounter Bay, West Is., SA.
Paratype(s) BPBM W1831; SAMA E1749; NMNZ 3083; NMNZ 3085 8 specimens; BPBM W1835 2 specimens; WAM Z1959 2 specimens (apparently lost), West Is, SA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
South Pacific
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine.
General References
O'Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(2): 287-305, 2 figs [298] (as Ophiacantha shepherdi)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [373] (as Ophiacantha shepherdi)
History of changes
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