Species Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astronyx tenuispina Verrill, A.E. 1884. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 10. American Journal of Science 28: 213-220 [219].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), off Delaware Bay, USA.
• Astrodia bispinosa Koehler, R. 1922. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 8: 1-98 pls 76-90 [11-12, pl. 76(12-15)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM J3855 6 specimens, west of Kangaroo Is., SA [35°44'05"S 135°58'E]; AM J3553 1 specimen, west of Kangaroo Is., SA [35°44'05"S 135°58'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 11-83 figs 1-33 [18-20, fig. 3,29] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

 

Generic Combinations

• Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

East Atlantic, Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, South America, South Pacific, West Atlantic

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Cape Province (20), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal plain, benthic, continental slope, 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 [181] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies. Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 15: 1-54 [75] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Döderlein, L. 1911. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Über japonische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2(5): 1-123 pls 1-9 [116] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 31(6): 1-105 pls 1-10 [98] (as Astrodia bispinosa)

Döderlein, L. 1930. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 2. Euryale. Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899 22(6): 349–396, figs 1–24, pls 14–16 [385-387, fig. 18, pl. 3(2-4)] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Koehler, R. 1907. Ophiures. Expéditions Scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendent les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 7: 245-311 [304-305, pl. 21(48-50)] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

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 Astrodia bispinosa)

Manso, C.L.C. 2010. Deep-water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from off Chile in the Eastern South Pacific. Biota Neotropica 10(2): 1-15 [3-5, fig. 4a-d] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research 4: 76-111 [78, fig. 1a] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115: 1-79 [15-15, fig. 3, pl. 2] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 49(1): 1-162, figs 1-59 [15-16, fig. 9] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [356] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

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 [371] (as Astrodia tenuispina)

 

History of changes

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