Species Ophiacantha heterotyla H.L. Clark, 1909
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha heterotyla Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(11): 519-564, pls 47-58 [542-543, pl. 52(4-6)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM J856 1 specimen, off Wattamolla (as Wata Mooli), NSW; AM J859 2 specimens, off Port Hacking, NSW; MCZ 2177 3 specimens (dry), off Wattamolla (as Wata Mooli), NSW; MCZ 2192 5 specimens (alcohol), off Wattamolla (as Wata Mooli), NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
South Pacific
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), 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
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 [167, fig. 39, 75-78] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
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 [199] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [86] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
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 [209] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [184] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [39, 69] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
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 [298] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [372] (as Ophiacantha heterotyla)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |