Species Clarkcoma bollonsi (Farquhar, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiocoma bollonsi Farquhar, H. 1908. Description of a new ophiuroid. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 40(8): 108 [108].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ Ech.02, near Stephens Is., Cook Strait, New Zealand.

 

Generic Combinations

• Clarkcoma bollonsi (Farquhar, 1908).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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 [293] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

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 [132] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [187] (as Ophiotreta valenciennesi)

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 [5-9, fig. 4,5,10,12,14] (as Clarkcoma bollonsi)

Farquhar, H. 1908. Description of a new ophiuroid. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 40(8): 108 [108] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 18: 1-37 [24] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 [29] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

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 [305-306] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

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

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 [120-122, fig. 9] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12: 199-348, 53 figs, 9 pls [260] (as Ophiocoma bollonsi)

O'Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(2): 287-305, 2 figs [294] (as Clarkcoma bollonsi)

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 [67-68, pl. 2(3-8)] (as Clarkcoma bollonsi)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [383] (as Clarkcoma bollonsi)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED