History of changes

• Ophiomyces Lyman, T. 1869. Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L.F. de Pourtales, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1(10): 309-354 [343].

  Type species:

   Ophiomyces frutectosus Lyman, 1869 by subsequent designation, see 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 [220].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

History of changes

• Ophiomyces delata Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [100-101, pl. 17(9), 18(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2043 1 specimen, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines and Banda Sea, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Pacific, Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal plain, benthic, continental shelf, 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 [36, fig. 5d] (as Ophiomyces delata)

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 [221] (as Ophiomyces delata)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [55-56] (as Ophiomyces delata)

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 [41-42, pl. 22(11-12), 96(13)] (as Ophiomyces delata)

Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [57] (as Ophiomyces delata)

O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [117-118, fig. 15a-d] (as Ophiomyces delata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [374-375] (as Ophiomyces delata)

History of changes

• Ophiomyces grandis 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 [46-47, pl. 14(383-385)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.291, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Arctic, East Atlantic, North Atlantic, South Africa, South Pacific

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

General References

Bartsch, I. 2008. Notes on ophiuroids from the Great Meteor Seamount (Northeastern Atlantic). Spixiana (Munich) 31(2): 233-239 [235-236] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

Cherbonnier, G. 1969. Echinodermes récoltés par la Thalassa au large des côtes ouest de Bretagne et du Golfe de Gascogne (3-12 Aout 1967). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2e serie 41(1): 343-361 [343] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

Cherbonnier, G. & Sibuet, M. 1972. Resultats scientifique del al compagne Noratlante: Asterides et Ophiurides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3rd series. Zoologie 102: 365-426 [398] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

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 [221] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

Koehler, R. 1907. Ophiures. Expéditions Scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendent les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 7: 245-311 [295] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

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 [241-242, pl. 19(13-15)] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

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 [302-303, fig. 2k] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

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 [75-76, fig. 31] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [375] (as Ophiomyces grandis)

History of changes

• Ophiotholia Lyman, T. 1880. A structural feature, hitherto unknown among Echinodermata, found in deep-sea Ophiurans. Anniversary Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1880: 1-12, pls 1-2 [4].

  Type species:

   Ophiotholia supplicans Lyman, 1880 by monotypy.

Distribution

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

General References

Litvinova, N.M. 1992. Revision of the genus Ophiotholia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71: 47-57 [50, 55-57] (as Ophiotholia)

History of changes

• Ophiomyces spathifer 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 [47-48, pl. 14(386-388)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (Challenger stn 235), off Hamamatsu, 1050m [34°7'N, 138°0'E].
• Ophiotholia multispina Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [99-100, pl. 33(4-5)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2477 2 specimens (Siboga stn 302), West Timor, Salut Roti, 216m [10°27.9'S, 123°28.7'E]; ZMA E2473 3 specimens (Siboga stn 137), Moluccas, Channel between Makjan and Halmaheira, 877-472m [0°23.8'N, 127°29'E]; ZMA E2474 4 specimens (Siboga stn 159), Irian Jaya, eastern Halmahera Sea, 411m [0°59.1'S, 129°48.8'E]; ZMA E2475 1 specimen (Siboga stn 173), off eastern Seram, 567m [3°27'S, 131°0.5'E]; ZMA E2476 4 specimens (Siboga stn 212), off southern Sulawesi, west of Salayar Island, 462m [5°54.5'S, 120°19.2'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Litvinova, N.M. 1992. Revision of the genus Ophiotholia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71: 47-57 [50-53, figs 1,2,3] (as Ophiotholia multispina)

Generic Combinations

• Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

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 [221] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)

Fujita, T., Ishida, Y. & Irimura, S. 1997. Ophiuroids collected from the deep waters of Suruga Bay, central Japan. National Science Museum (Tokyo) Monographs 12: 257-268, 1 pl [259] (as Ophiotholia spathifer)

Irimura, S. 1982. The Brittle-stars of Sagami Bay. Japan : Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household 95 pp, 15 pls. [21-22, fig. 12, pl. 1(5), 6(6)] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)

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 [240-241, pl. 19(10-12)] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)

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 [99] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)

McKnight, D.G. 1968. Some echinoids and ophiuroids from off Norfolk Island and from Wanganella Bank. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2: 204-213 figs 1-3 [210-212, fig. 3] (as Ophiotholia multispina; one specimen)

History of changes