Species Ophiacantha fidelis (Koehler, 1930)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomitrella fidelis 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 [72-74, pl. 7(4-5)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMUC 13 specimens, off southeastern Australia and Kei Ils, Indo-Malay Archipelago.
Generic Combinations
- Ophiacantha fidelis (Koehler, 1930).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southern Province (8)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [173] (as Ophiomitrella fidelis)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [186] (as Ophiacantha fidelis)
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 [296-297] (as Ophiacantha fidelis)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [371-372] (as Ophiacantha fidelis)
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |