Species Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, A.V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 303-336 [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM Type-1403 1 specimen, between Batavia and Singapore.
• Ophiacantha discoidea 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 [57, pl. 15(405-407)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.329 1 wet specimen, Arafura Sea, Indonesia [8°56'S, 136°05'E].
• Ophiacantha decora Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [81-83, pl. 5(44-46)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZSI ZEV 318/7 5 specimens, off south coast, 59m [6°6.5'N, 81°23'E]; ZSI 5129/7 5 specimens, 2 mi NW of Great Western Torres Is, Mergui Archipelago, 74m [11°N, 97°E]; ZSI ZEV 319/7 5 specimens, off Honavar, 52m [14°N, 74°E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [56] (as Ophiacantha indica; lot of specimens)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.

 

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. [78-79, 93, fig. 22b] (as Ophiacantha discoidea)

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 [198] (as Ophiacantha discoidea)

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 [105-106, pl. 12(4)] (as Ophiacantha discoidea; 4 specimens caught in a "tangle")

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 discoidea)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [185] (as Ophiacantha discoidea)

Koehler, R. 1900. Illustrations of the shallow-water Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. Calcutta : Indian Museum 4 pp, pls 15-21. [pl. 16(10-12)] (as Ophiacantha decora)

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 [59-60] (as Ophiacantha indica)

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 [196, pl. 26(1-3)] (as Ophiacantha discoidea)

O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [52-53, fig. 17l] (as Ophiacantha indica)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [371] (as Ophiacantha discoidea)

 

History of changes

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