Species Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman, 1867)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophioglypha multispina Ljungman, A.V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 303-336 [307].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM Type-1417 1 specimen, off Sydney, Australia.Type locality references:
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 [41] (Port Jackson). - Ophiocrossota heteracantha Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [451-453, fig. 136].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K258 (was E484), Spencer Gulf or Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA K1387; MCZ 4705 7 specimens; MCZ 4817 6 specimens.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [267]
Generic Combinations
- Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman, 1867).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Tuncurry, NSW to Houtman Abrolhos, WA, north coast of Tas. Depth range 4-84 m
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [433-435, fig. 10:16a] (as Ophiocrossota multispina)
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 [322] (as Ophiura multispina)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [267-268] (as Ophiocrossota multispina)
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 [99] (as Ophioglypha multispina)
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 [41] (as Ophioglypha multispina)
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 67(1): 43-92 [81] (as Ophiura multispina)
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 [290] (as Ophiocrossota multispina)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [431] (as Ophiocrossota multispina)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |