Species Opheodesoma australiensis Heding, 1931

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opheodesoma australiensis Heding, S.G. 1931. Über die Synaptiden des Zoologischen Museums zu Hamburg. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 61: 637-696 figs 1-17 pls 1-2 [640, figs 1-11].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH E.2960, Bowen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ZMH E.2972.
• Opheodesoma ramispicula Heding, S.G. 1931. Über die Synaptiden des Zoologischen Museums zu Hamburg. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 61: 637-696 figs 1-17 pls 1-2 [643, figs 1(12-15), 2(1,5)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH E.2973, Bowen, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [449]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Bowen Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 15-30 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [449] (may be a synonym of either Opheodesoma glabra (Semper, 1868) or Opheodesoma grisea (Semper, 1868))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)