Species Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiocoma canaliculata Lütken, C.F. 1869. Addimenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. 3. Beskrivende og kritiske Bidrag til Kundskab an Slangestjernerne. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 5(8): 22-109 [46].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC, Bass Strait.
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown (?lost).

  Subsequent designation 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 [63].

 

Generic Combinations

• Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [294] (as Ophiocoma canaliculata)

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 [291] (as Ophiocoma canaliculata)

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 [128] (as Ophiocoma canaliculata)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [328-329] (as Ophiocoma canaliculata)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [244] (as Ophiocoma canaliculata)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [41, 70] (as Clarkcoma canaliculata)

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. 1-2, 8-9, 11, 13] (as Clarkcoma canaliculata; in part (includes pulchra))

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 [172] (as Ophiocoma canaliculata)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [462] (as Clarkcoma canaliculata)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [287] (as Clarkcoma canaliculata)

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 [62-64, fig. 1(1-6)] (as Clarkcoma canaliculata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [383-384] (as Clarkcoma canaliculata)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	OPHIURIDA	20-Jul-2016	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023		04-Sep-2014	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED