Species Ophiopsila pantherina Koehler, 1898
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiopsila pantherina Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [73-75, pl. 3(15-16)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2 specimens (whereabouts undetermined), King and Table Ils, Mergui Archipelago, Burma. - Ophiopsila gilletti Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [135-138, fig. 4a-c].
Type data:
Holotype AM J8873, Gillett Cay, Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [392] (as Ophiopsila pantherina; following re-examination of the holotype of Ophiopsila gilletti Kingston, 1980 and comparative material of Ophiopsila pantherina Koehler, 1898)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine.
General References
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [88-89, fig. 23g] (as Ophiopsila pantherina; figured holotype of var occientalis Burfield)
Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [299] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [332] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
Koehler, R. 1900. Illustrations of the shallow-water Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. Calcutta : Indian Museum 4 pp, pls 15-21. [pl. 16(13-14)] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [53] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [209] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [270-271, fig. 148] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
Stöhr, S., Conand, C. & Boissin, E. 2008. Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from La Reunion and the systematic position of Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(3): 545-560 [556] (as Ophiopsila pantherina)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 31-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |