Species Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [132-133, pl. 7(182-183)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1882.12.23.395 4 specimens (Challenger stn 232), Sagami Sea, 641m [35°11'N, 139°28'E].
• Ophiochiton carinatus Lütken, C.F. & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., comman. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 23(2): 93-208, pls 1-23 [164-165, pl. 14(1-3)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 19553 1 specimen (Albatross stn 3356), South of Montijo Bay, Cebaco Island, North Pacific Ocean, 999m [7°9.5'N, 81°8.5'W]; USNM 19554 1 specimen (Albatross stn 3394), South of Perlas Archipelago, Rey Island, Gulf of Panama, North Pacific Ocean, 935m [7°21'N, 79°35'W]; MCZ 1649 1 specimen (Albatross stn 3354), SW Point Of Peninsula, Azuero Peninsula, North Pacific Ocean, 589m [7°9.75'N, 80°50'W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [328-330, fig. 91, pl. 6(8)] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Pacific, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South America, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [133-134] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

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 [287] (as Ophiochiton carinatus)

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [446-447] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., S 1990. Echinoderms from continental shelf and slope around Japan Vol. 1. Tokyo : Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association 159 pp. [89, fig. 47] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

Irimura, S. 1982. The Brittle-stars of Sagami Bay. Japan : Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household 95 pp, 15 pls. [69-71, fig. 41-42, pl. 13(2)] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [19] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

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 [305-309] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [272-273, fig. 149] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [176-177, pl. 24(13-15)] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(1): 1-36 [33-34] (as Ophiochiton fastigatus)

 

History of changes

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