Species Amphiura (Amphiura) perplexus (Stimpson, 1855)

Compiler and date details

2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	08-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED