Genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970

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• Clarkcoma Devaney, D.M. 1970. Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a reevaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 51: 1-41 figs 1-50 [1].

  Type species:

   Ophiocoma canaliculata Lütken, 1869 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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)

General References

Rowe, F.W.E. 1985. A review of the ophiocomin genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970 (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(1): 59-69 figs 1-2 [60-62] (as Clarkcoma)

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