Species Ophiopsammus aequalis (Lyman, 1880)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiopeza aequalis Lyman, T. 1880. A structural feature, hitherto unknown among Echinodermata, found in deep-sea Ophiurans. Anniversary Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1880: 1-12, pls 1-2 [9-10, pl. 2(23-25)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.154, off northeast New Guinea [1°50'S, 146°42'E].
Generic Combinations
- Ophiopsammus aequalis (Lyman, 1880).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 52(7): 109-135 pl. 1 [118] (as Pectinura aequalis)
Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [447] (as Pectinura aequalis)
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. [85, fig. 44] (as Ophiopsammus aequalis)
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 [269-270] (as Pectinura aequalis; 1 specimen)
Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from on the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs [255-256] (as Pectinura aequalis)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [401] (as Ophiopsammus aequalis)
Vail, L.L. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Status of the genera Ophiopeza and Ophiopsammus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Australian waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(3): 267-288 figs 1-9 1 table [278-280, fig. 6(a-c)] (as Ophiopsammus aequalis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2023 | OPHIURIDA | 15-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |