Species Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Pectinura heros 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 [48-49, pl. 14(389-391)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.146, Banda Sea, Indonesia [5°41'S, 134°04'E]. - Pectinura lacertosa Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878–79, and among the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartl. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(6): 227-287, pls 1-8 [231-232, pl. 3(4-6)].
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Holotype MCZ 235, near Grenada, West Indies. - Pectinura tessellata Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878–79, and among the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartl. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(6): 227-287, pls 1-8 [230-231, pl. 3(1-3)].
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Holotype MCZ 154, near Frederickstadt, South Africa. - Pectinura conspicua Koehler, R. 1897. Échinodermes recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 8(4): 277-372, pls 5-9 [322-325, pl. 7(36-37)].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), 'Delta du Godavery', east India. - Pectinura modesta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [7-8, pl. 2(4-6)].
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Holotype ZMA E2574, Java Sea, Indonesia [7°46'S, 114°30'05"E]. - Ophiocrates lenta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [19-20, pl. 4(7-8)].
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Holotype ZMA (not listed in Jangoux (1991)), Makassar Strait, Indonesia [4°22'01"S, 118°16'09"E]. - Pectinura elata Koehler, R. 1906. Description des ophiures nouvelles recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 5-34 pls 1-3 [7, pl. 1(1-3)].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), off northwest Africa [25°02'N, 19°11'W]. - Ophiocrates secundus Koehler, R. 1906. Description des ophiures nouvelles recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 5-34 pls 1-3 [14, pl. 1(13-14)].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), off Northwest Africa [25°02'N, 19°11'W]. - Bathypectinura gotoi 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 [87-88].
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Syntype(s) ZIUT, Sagami Sea, Japan. - Ophiozonella brachyactis Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [129-131, figs 61-62].
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Holotype MCZ 2480, Tortugas, Florida.
Paratype(s) MCZ 3927; MCZ 6098. - Ophiocrates intervallus Madsen, F.J. 1947. The echinoderms collected by the Skagerak Expedition in the eastern Atlantic 1946. 1. Asteroidea: Ophiuroidea: Echinoidea: Holothuroidea. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets- Samhälles Handlingar, sjätte följden Series B 5(7): 1-16, figs 1-4 [9, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype ZMG, off Casablanca, Morocco [35°43'N, 8°16'W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Madsen, F.J. 1973. The Ophiodermatidae (Ophiuroidea). Galathea Report 12: 133-143 figs 1-3 [133-142, figs 1-3] (as Bathypectinura heros)
Generic Combinations
- Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Atlantic, Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, West Atlantic
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, 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 [34-35] (as Bathypectinura heros)
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 [163] (as Bathypectinura heros)
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 [129] (as Bathypectinura lacertosa)
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 [306] (as Bathypectinura conspicua)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [96] (as Bathypectinura conspicua)
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 [90] (as Bathypectinura lacertosa)
Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [447] (as Bathypectinura heros)
Hertz, M. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1. Chilophiurida Mats. (Ophiolepididae: Ophioleucidae: Ophiodermatidae: Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 22(3): 59–122 pls 6–9 [110] (as Bathypectinura heros)
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. [86-87, fig. 45] (as Bathypectinura heros)
Koehler, R. 1897. Échinodermes recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 8(4): 277-372, pls 5-9 [325] (as Pectinura heros)
Koehler, R. 1899. An account of the deep-sea Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. Calcutta : Indian Museum 76 pp., 14 pls. [38-39] (as Pectinura heros)
Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [9] (as Pectinura heros; 3 specimens)
Koehler, R. 1907. Ophiures. Expéditions Scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendent les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 7: 245-311 [249-251, pl. 18(1- 3)] (as Pectinura elata)
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 [9] (as Bathypectinura tessellata)
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 [342-350, pl. 77(1-15)] (as Bathypectinura conspicua)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [278, fig. 154] (as Bathypectinura heros)
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 [16, pl. 23(7-9)] (as Pectinura heros)
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 [320-322, fig. 89, pl. 6(5)] (as Bathypectinura gotoi)
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 [306] (as Bathypectinura heros)
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 [95-96, fig. 38] (as Bathypectinura heros)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [393] (as Bathypectinura heros; this species is almost certainly circumaustralian in deeper waters)
History of changes
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