Species Ophiotreta eximia (Koehler, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiacantha eximia Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [116-117, pl. 21(3-5)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2340 2 specimens (Siboga stn 85), Makassar Strait, west of Donggala, Sulawesi, 724m [0°36.5'S, 119°29.5'E]; ZMA E2341 1 specimen (Siboga stn 271), Kapulauan Aru, west of Dobo, 1520-1788m [5°46.7'S, 134°0'E]; MNHP EcOs20323 1 specimen, Celebres;
  Status unknown, MCZ 3509 1 specimen (Siboga stn 45), Flores Sea, south of Pelokang, 794m [7°24'S, 118°15.2'E].
• Ophiacantha dilecta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [117-118, pl. 22(3-4)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2336 3 specimens (Siboga stn 45), Flores Sea, south of Pelokang, 794m [7°24'S, 118°15.2'E]; ZMA E2337 1 specimen (Siboga stn 85), Makassar Strait, west of Donggala, Sulawesi, 724m [0°36.5'S, 119°29.5'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [55]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiotreta eximia (Koehler, 1904).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

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 [216] (as Ophiotreta eximia)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [53] (as Ophiotreta eximia)

Koehler, R. 1922. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Ophiurans of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(5): 1-486, pls 1-103 [70-71, pl. 8(5-6), 93(7)] (as Ophiotreta eximia)

O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [55-57, fig. 4e-g, 17s] (as Ophiotreta eximia)

 

History of changes

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