Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [7]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

AMPHIURIDAE: Amphiura (Amphiura) lymani Stuber, 1885 — Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [40] (recorded specimens from Norfolk Island and Westernport Bay, VIC); Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [349] (listed as from Australian waters); O'Hara 2012. Australian Faunal Directory, Ophiuroidea, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (identification uncertain following examination of tiny juvenile specimen)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

General References

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [7-17] (as Amphiura)

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 [194-198] (as Amphiura; synonmises Ophionephys)

History of changes

• Amphiura Forbes, E. 1843. On the Radiata of the Ophiuridae of the eastern Mediterranean. Part 1. Ophiuridae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 143–153 pls 13, 14 [149].

  Type species:

   Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843 by subsequent designation, see Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 5(1): 1-86, pls 1-8 [24].
• Ctenamphiura Verrill, A.E. 1899. Art. VII. — North American Ophiuroidea. I. — Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. II. — Faunal catalogue of the known species of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 301-371 (Pt I); 372-386 (Pt II), pls 42, 43 [306].

  Type species:

   Amphiura maxima Lyman, 1879 by monotypy.
• Hemilepis Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr. A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 28(6): 615-658 [643].

  Type species:

   Amphiura semiermis Lyman, 1869 by included Species.Amphiura flexuosa Ljungman, 1872 by included Species.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [42]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Province (6), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

• Amphiura abbreviata Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [34-35, pl. 4(3-5)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2264 1 specimen (Siboga stn 37), Sailus ketjil, Paternoster-islands, 27m; ZMA E2265 1 specimen (Siboga stn 99), Anchorage off North-Ubian, 16-23m [6°7.5'N, 120°26'E]; ZMA E2266 1 specimen (Siboga stn 273), Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru-islands (Pearl-banks), 13m.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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 [233] (as Amphiura abbreviata)

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [433-435, fig. 2a-c, pl. 4(26-27)] (as Amphiura abbreviata; records by Clark (1970) and Koehler (1930) a different species, A. madecasse)

History of changes

• Amphiura acrisia Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [217-218].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4941, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4942.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [25-27, fig. 4(A-D)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) acrisia)

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. [80-81, 96, fig. 26a, 47a] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) acrisia)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [197] (as Amphiura acrisia)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [347] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) acrisia)

History of changes

• Amphiura ambigua Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [39-40, pl. 4(9-11)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2268 2 specimens, Pulu Tongkil, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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. [80-81] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) ambigua)

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 [233] (as Amphiura ambigua)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [213] (as Amphiura ambigua)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [196] (as Amphiura ambigua)

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 [152, pl. 69(5-6), 96(3)] (as Amphiura ambigua; 1 specimen)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [347] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) ambigua)

History of changes

• Amphiura bidentata Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [218-220, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4947, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4948–4949 4 specimens; AM J6242 2 specimens, Broome, WA; AM J6346 2 specimens, Port Curtis, QLD; WAM Z1947 1 specimen (old number: 190-39), Broome, WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [43] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) bidentata)

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [fig. 8u] (as Amphiura bidentata)

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. [80-81, 96, fig. 26g, 47c] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) bidentata)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [197] (as Amphiura bidentata)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [120] (as Amphiura bidentata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [347] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) bidentata)

History of changes

• Amphiura brachyactis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [220-221].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4933, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4934.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

General References

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [fig. 2c-d] (as Amphiura brachyactis)

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. [80-81, fig. 49c-g] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) brachyactis)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [194] (as Amphiura brachyactis)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [347] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) brachyactis)

History of changes

• Amphiura catephes Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [221-222].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4921, off Middle Head, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4922.
• Amphiura phrixa Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [232-233].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4923, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4924–4926 41 specimens; QM G2079; WAM Z1949 1 specimen (old number: 188-39), Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA; NMV H132 1 specimen, Broome WA; AM J6234 4 specimens, Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [42-43] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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. [80-81, 96, fig. 26c, 47e] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) phrixa)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [193] (as Amphiura catephes; also as Amphiura phrixa H.L. Clark, 1938)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [120] (as Amphiura catephes)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [347] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes)

History of changes

• Amphiura constricta Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [22, pl. 11(295-298)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.5, Port Jackson, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Province (6)

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). [425, fig. 10:15e] (as Amphiura constricta)

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [294] (as Amphiura constricta)

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. [80-81] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) constricta)

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 [224] (as Amphiura constricta)

Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [89] (as Amphiura constricta)

Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [267] (as Amphiura constricta)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [213-215] (as Amphiura constricta)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [194-195] (as Amphiura constricta)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [40, 69] (as Amphiura constricta)

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 [131, pl. 16(11-14)] (as Amphiura constricta)

Madsen, F.J. 1967. Ophiuroidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 9: 123-144, figs 1-8, pl. 1 [141] (as Amphiura constricta)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [459] (as Amphiura constricta)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Amphiura constricta)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [348] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) constricta)

History of changes

• Amphiura correcta Koehler, R. 1907. Revision de la collection des Ophiures du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 41: 279-351 [300-301, pl. 12(30-31)].
• Amphiura norae Benham, W.B. 1909. Scientific results of the New Zealand Government trawling expedition 1907. Echinoderma. Records of the Canterbury Museum 1(2): 83-116 pls 7-11 [104-105, pl. 10(1-3)].
• Amphiura abernethyi Fell, H.B. 1951. Some off-shore and deep-sea ophiuroids from New Zealand waters. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 13: 1-4 [1-3, figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1952.4.16.15 1 specimen, South Island, off Cape Campbell, South Pacific Ocean, 91m.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [21-22, fig. 4a-b] (as Amphiura correcta)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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 [225] (as Amphiura correcta)

Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 18: 1-37 [16] (as Amphiura abernethyi)

Fell, H.B. 1953. Echinoderms from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand: Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 2: 73-111. 2 plates [101] (as Amphiura norae)

Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 [26-27] (as Amphiura norae)

Fell, H.B. 1960. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms of the Chatham Islands: Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Bulletin of N.Z. scient. Ind. Res. 139(2): 55-74 [68] (as Amphiura norae)

McKnight, D.G. 1967. Additions to the echinoderm fauna of the Chatham Rise. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1(3): 291-313 [310] (as Amphiura norae)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 191-200 [193-194, 199] (as Amphiura correcta)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [175, 187] (as Amphiura correcta)

Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91-177 figs 1-36 pls 3-4 [140] (as Amphiura norae)

Pawson, D.L. 1969. Astrothrombus rugosus Clark new to New Zealand, with notes on Ophioceres huttoni (Farquhar), Hemilepis norae (Benham), and Ophiuroglypha irrorata (Lyman) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(1): 46-56 [47-49, fig. 1] (as Hemilepis norae)

History of changes

• Amphiura diacritica Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [222-223].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J5077, Black Reef, Whitsunday Passage, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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. [80-81] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) diacritica)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [196] (as Amphiura diacritica)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [348] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) diacritica)

History of changes

• Amphiura dolia Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [224-225, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J6037, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM J6326 1 specimen, Port Jackson, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [42] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) dolia)

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [fig. 7f-h] (as Amphiura dolia)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [197] (as Amphiura dolia)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [348] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) dolia)

History of changes

• Amphiura elandiformis Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [331-337, fig. 6f-I].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F45040, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV H123 1 specimen, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [175] (as Amphiura elandiformis)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [40, 69, fig. 13] (as Amphiura elandiformis)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [348] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) elandiformis)

History of changes

• Amphiura leptotata 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 [227, pl. 5(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1367, Philippines.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [39-40, fig. 12(A-E)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) leptotata)

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. [80-81, fig. 50a-c] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) leptotata)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [9] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) leptotata)

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 [98] (as Amphiura leptotata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [349] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) leptotata)

History of changes

• Amphiura leucaspis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [226-227].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4929, Lagrange Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, 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. [80-81, fig. 50d-e] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) leucaspis)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [195] (as Amphiura leucaspis)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [349] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) leucaspis)

History of changes

• Amphiura luetkeni Duncan, P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 14: 445-482, pls 9-11 [464-466, pl. 10(17)] [as Amphiura lütkeni, junior homonym of Amphipholis luetkeni Ljungman, 1872].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1880.1.3.15, Korean Seas.
• Amphiura duncani 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 [124, 143] [nom. nov. for Amphiura lütkeni Duncan, 1879. Was a replacement name for A. luetkeni Duncan, when Amphiura was a synonym of Amphipholis.].
• Amphiura leptolepis Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [174-175, fig. 4].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [43-44, fig. 14(A-E)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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. [80-81, 97, fig. 26d, pl. 13(6-7)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni)

Irimura, S. 1969. Supplemental report of Dr. Murakami's paper on the ophiurans of Amakusa, Kyushu. Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyusku University 2(1): 37-48 [42] (as Monamphiura lütkeni)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [129, fig. 3a-b] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni; duncani a replacement name)

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 [68-69] (as Amphiura duncani)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [33] (as Amphiura duncani)

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 [143] (as Amphiura duncani)

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 [208] (as Amphiura lütkeni)

Murakami, S. 1944. Note on the ophiurans from Amakusa, Kyusyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(8): 259-280 5 fig 1 pl. [266] (as Amphiura lütkeni)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [348] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) duncani)

History of changes

• Amphiura magellanica Ljungman, A.V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 303-336 [320].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM Type-1417 2 syntypes, 'freto magellanico', southern tip of South America.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Antarctic, South Africa, South America, South Pacific

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [175] (as Amphiura magellanica; this record needs confirmation (O'Hara pers. comm.))

Bernasconi, I. 1965. Ophiuroidea de Puerto Deseado (Santa Cruz, Argentina). Physis (Buenos Aires) 25(69): 143-152 [149-150, pl. 1(3-4)] (as Monamphiura magellanica)

Castillo-Alarcón, J.G. 1968. Contribución al conocimient de los Ofiuroideos chilenos. Gayana Zoologica 14: 1-63, 6 pls [33-34, fig. L] (as Monamphiura magellanica)

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 [228] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 18: 1-37 [14] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Fell, H.B. 1953. Echinoderms from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand: Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 2: 73-111. 2 plates [101] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Fell, H.B. 1960. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms of the Chatham Islands: Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Bulletin of N.Z. scient. Ind. Res. 139(2): 55-74 [68] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Koehler, R. 1908. Asteries, ophiures et échinides de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the S.Y. Scotia Zoology 13: 193-313, 16 pls [271, pl.11(104)] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Koehler, R. 1914. A contribution to the study of ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173, pls 1-18 [65] (as Amphiura magellanica)

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 [143] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Madsen, F.J. 1967. Ophiuroidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 9: 123-144, figs 1-8, pl. 1 [129] (as Amphiura magellanica)

McKnight, D.G. 1967. Additions to the echinoderm fauna of the Chatham Rise. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1(3): 291-313 [311] (as Monamphiura magellanica)

McKnight, D.G. 1984. Echinoderms from Macquarie Island and the Macquarie Ridge. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 4(12): 139-147 [144] (as Amphiura magellanica)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 191-200 [194, 199] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91-177 figs 1-36 pls 3-4 [132-134, fig. 14, 15a] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12: 199-348, 53 figs, 9 pls [266-267] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Mortensen, T. 1952. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-1949. 3. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. N.F. Avd. 2 47(8): 1-22, pl. 1 [16-17] (as Amphiura magellanica)

O'Hara, T.D. 1999. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 167-223 [200, pl. 3d-e] (as Amphiura magellanica)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [349] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) magellanica)

History of changes

• Amphiura magnisquama Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [227].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J3504, off Botany Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM J6333 2 specimens, off Botany Bay, NSW; AM J6347 2 specimens, off Botany Bay, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [195] (as Amphiura magnisquama)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [349] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) magnisquama)

History of changes

• Amphiura maxima Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [19, pl. 11(278-281)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1493, Torres Strait, QLD.
• Amphiura phrixocantha Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [121, fig. 2, pl. 1(1-3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1975.6.27.44, near Papuan Pass, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM G9297.

Generic Combinations

• Ctenamphiura maxima (Lyman, 1879).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [42] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) maxima)

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 [251] (as Ctenamphiura maxima)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [190-191] (as Ctenamphiura maxima)

Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 18: 1-37 [22] (as Ctenamphiura maxima)

Fell, H.B. 1952. Rediscovery of the ophiuroid genus Ctenamphiura Verrill. Nature 170: 327 [327] (as Ctenamphiura maxima)

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 [126-127, pl. 18(7-9)] (as Amphiura maxima)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [349] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) maxima)

Verrill, A.E. 1899. Art. VII. — North American Ophiuroidea. I. — Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. II. — Faunal catalogue of the known species of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 301-371 (Pt I); 372-386 (Pt II), pls 42, 43 [307] (as Ctenamphiura maxima)

History of changes

• Amphiura micra Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [228].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4935, Broome, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [46-47, fig. 16(A-C)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) micra)

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. [80-81, 97, fig. 26e, 47b] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) micra)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [195] (as Amphiura micra)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [281-282] (as Amphiura micra)

Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1996. Indian Ocean echinoderrms collected during the 'Sindbad' voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 62(2): 71-82 [73] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) micra)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [350] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) micra)

History of changes

• Amphiura microsoma 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 [228-229, pl. 5(5-7)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3736, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3925.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [fig. 2g-h] (as Amphiura microsoma; holotype figured)

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. [80-81, , fig. 51a-b] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) microsoma)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [106] (as Amphiura microsoma)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [215-216] (as Amphiura microsoma)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [193] (as Amphiura microsoma)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp. [62] (as Amphiura sp cf microsoma)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Amphiura microsoma)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [350] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) microsoma)

History of changes

• Amphiura multiremula Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [228-230].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4938, Long Reef, Collaroy, NSW.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4939; AM J6337 1 specimen, Long Reef, Collaroy, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [175] (as Amphiura multiremula)

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [fig. 7a-e] (as Amphiura multiremula)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [196] (as Amphiura multiremula)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [459] (as Amphiura multiremula)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [350] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) multiremula)

History of changes

• Amphiura nannodes Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [230-231].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4944, Bathurst Point, Rottnest Is., WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4945–4946 4 specimens; AM J6287 2 specimens, Rottnest Is, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Western Province (6)

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. [fig. 51c-d] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) nannodes)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [197] (as Amphiura nannodes)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Amphiura nannodes)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [350] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) nannodes)

History of changes

• Ophiolepis perplexus Stimpson, W. 1855. Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. Echinodermata. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7(10): 385-387 [386].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Port Jackson, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Ophionephthys perplexa (Stimpson, 1855).
• Amphiura (Amphiura) perplexus (Stimpson, 1855).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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 [235] (as Amphiura perplexa)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [201] (as Ophionephthys perplexa)

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 [144] (as Amphiura perplexa)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [350-351] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) perplexus)

History of changes

• Amphiura poecila 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 [230-231, pl. 5(12-13)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3548, Westernport, VIC.
• Amphiura rapida 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 [99-100 pl. 16(11, 12)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, Port Western, Australia, VIC.

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 [197]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

General References

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [331, fig. 5] (as Amphiura poecila)

Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [267] (as Amphiura poecila)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [197-198] (as Amphiura poecila)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [40, 69, fig. 12] (as Amphiura poecila)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [351] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) poecila)

History of changes

• Amphiura psilopora 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 [153-154, fig. 63].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 16586 single type (dry), Plover Bay, East Siberia.

Generic Combinations

• Nullamphiura psilopora (H.L. Clark, 1911).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1977. Some deep-sea Ophiuroidea from New Zealand. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 1(10): 149-160 [154-155] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) psilopora)

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [40, fig. 7a-b] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) psilopora)

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [11] (as Amphiura psilopora)

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 [235] (as Amphiura psilopora)

D'yakonov, A.M. 1954. Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Moskva-Leningrad, USSR : Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik Vol. 55 136 pp, 47 figs. [72-73] (as Amphiura psilopora)

Fell, H.B. 1962. A revision of the major genera of amphiurid Ophiuroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 2(1): 1-26 pl. 1 [10] (as Nullamphiura psilopora)

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291, 12 figs, 1 tbl [288] (as Amphiura psilochora [sic])

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [351] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) psilopora)

History of changes

• Amphiura ptena Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [233-234, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4931, Bunkers Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4932; AM J6283 1 specimen, Bunkers Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [195-196] (as Amphiura ptena)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [351] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) ptena)

History of changes

• Amphiura septemspinosa 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 [231-232, pl. 4(13-14)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3737, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle, WA to Murray Ils and Heron Is., Qld. Depth range littoral to 44 m

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Amphiura spinipes Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91-177 figs 1-36 pls 3-4 [134-136, fig. 15b, 16].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

General References

Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 18: 1-37 [15] (as Amphiura spinipes)

Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12: 199-348, 53 figs, 9 pls [267] (as Amphiura spinipes)

History of changes

• Amphiura stictacantha Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [234-236].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4951, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4951 3 specimens; AM J6252 2 specimens, Broome, WA.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [40] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) stictacantha)

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. [80-81, 96, fig. 52a-c] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) stictacantha)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [193-194] (as Amphiura stictacantha)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Amphiura stictacantha)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [351] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) stictacantha)

History of changes

• Amphiura trisacantha 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 [425-426, fig. 125].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K212 (was E455), Spencer Gulf or Gulf St Vincent, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [175-176, fig. 43-48] (as Amphiura trisacantha)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [193] (as Amphiura trisacantha)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [40, 69] (as Amphiura trisacantha; This record needs confirmation)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [352] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) trisacantha)

History of changes

• Amphiura velox Koehler, R. 1910. Astéries et Ophiures des îles Aru et Kei. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 33: 265-295 pls 15-17 [292, pls 15(6), 16(5)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMF 193 2 specimens, Wokam Is., Moluccas, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [49-51, fig. 18(A-E)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) sexradiata)

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. [80-81] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) velox)

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 [235] (as Amphiura velox)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [216-217] (as Amphiura velox)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [196] (as Amphiura velox)

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 [100-102, pl. 18(1-2)] (as Amphiura sexradiata; could be synonym of A. velox according to Mortensen (1940). Need to review types according to Chebonnier & Guille 1978)

Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 55-112 figs 1-24 pls 1-2 [74-75, fig. 7] (as Amphiura velox)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [352] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) velox)

History of changes

• Fellaria Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [18].

  Type species:

   Ophionephthys octacantha Clark, 1915 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8)

History of changes

• Ophionephthys octacantha 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 [239-240, pl. 9(9-10)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3744, Friday Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Ophionephthys decacantha Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [240-241].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4961, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4962.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [18, fig. 3e-g] (as Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha)

Generic Combinations

• Ophionephthys decacantha (H.L. Clark, 1938).
• Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha (H.L. Clark, 1915).
• Ophionephthys octacantha (H.L. Clark, 1915).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [43] (as Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha)

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [51-53, fig. 19(A-D)] (as Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha)

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. [80-81, 95, fig. 23a, 24b, 25c, 26b] (as Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha; figured holotype; fig. 24b is O. decacantha holotype)

Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [282] (as Ophionephthys octacantha)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [106, pl. 15(3)] (as Ophionephthys octacantha)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [240] (as Ophionephthys octacantha)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [200] (as Ophionephthys octacantha and Ophionephthys decacantha)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [123] (as Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha)

Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(1): 1-36 [19-20] (as Ophionephthys octacantha)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [352] (as Amphiura (Fellaria) octacantha)

History of changes

• Ophiopeltis Düben, M.W. von & Koren, J. 1845. [untitled]. Archiv Skandinavischer Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 1: 436-440 [437].

  Type species:

   Ophiopeltis securigera Düben & Koren, 1845 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [17-18] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis))

History of changes

• Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) parviscutata Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [337-339, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F45017, Port Phillip, VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

General References

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [460] (as Amphiura parviscutata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [352] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) parviscutata)

History of changes

• Ophionephthys tenuis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [241-243].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4963, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4964–4965 38 specimens; BMNH; AM J6231 3 specimens, Broome, WA; WAM Z1950 2 specimens (old number: 193-39), Broome, WA.
• Ophionephthys iranica Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 55-112 figs 1-24 pls 1-2 [84-85, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC 4 specimens, Iranian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran (=Persia).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [96]

Generic Combinations

• Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis (H.L. Clark, 1938).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1974. New species of brittle-stars from New Zealand (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 8(15): 247-266, figs 1-9 [265] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [43] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [53-54, fig. 20(A-D)] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [17] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

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. [80-81, 96, fig. 25a] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [201] (as Ophionephthys tenuis)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [199, fig. 96] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [352-353] (as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis)

History of changes

• Amphiura crossota Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [172-173, fig. 3].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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. [80-81] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) crossota)

History of changes

• Amphiura immira Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 176: 1-163.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [28-29] (as Amphiura immira)

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. [80-81] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) immira)

History of changes

• Amphiura eugeniae latisquama Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91-177 figs 1-36 pls 3-4 [142-144, fig. 21] [as Amphiura eugeniae var. latisquama Mortensen, 1924].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, New Zealand, locality unknown but probably Auckland.
• Amphioplus longirima Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 18: 1-37 [18-19, fig. 8-10].

  Type data:

   Holotype VUC (presumed lost), west of Chatham Islands, New Zealand, 300 m.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mills, V.S. & O'Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444 [414]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Amphiura latisquama Mortensen, 1924. —
  Mills, V.S. & O'Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444 [414] (revised status)
• Amphioplus (Amphioplus) longirima Fell, 1952.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

General References

Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 [28] (as Amphioplus longirima)

McKnight, D.G. 1967. Additions to the echinoderm fauna of the Chatham Rise. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1(3): 291-313 [312] (as Amphioplus longirima)

Mills, V.S. & O'Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444 [414] (as Amphiura latisquama Mortensen, 1924)

History of changes

• Amphiura morosa Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [37-38, pl. 3(12-14)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2299 3 specimens (Siboga stn 162), between Loslos and Broken-islands, West-coast of Salawatti, 18m.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, 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 [235] (as Amphiura morosa)

History of changes