Species Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [144, pl. 10(274)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.32 1 specimen (Challenger stn 209), Bohol Strait, 176-186m [10°14'N, 123°54'E]. - Ophiacantha confusa Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [59-60, pl. 7(9-11)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA E2333, Salibabu Is., Indonesia. - Ophiacantha graphica 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 [51-53, pl. 18(4-5)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 41233 1 specimen, unknown locality and date. - Ophiacantha tenuispina 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 [210-211].
Type data:
Holotype AM J6049 dry, off Gatecombe Head, Port Curtis, QLD. - Ophiacantha dumosa Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [18-19, fig. 6a-b].
Type data:
Holotype USNM E6896 1 specimen (Albatross stn 3865), Pailolo Channel, Maui Is, Nakalele Point, 468-518m [21°9.3'N, 156°35.2'W].
Paratype(s) USNM E6897 1 specimen (Albatross stn 3865), Pailolo Channel, Maui Is, Nakalele Point, 468-518m [21°9.3'N, 156°35.2'W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [41]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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] (as Ophiacantha tenuispina)
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 [207] (as Ophiacantha longidens)
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] (as Ophiacantha confusa)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [184-185] (as Ophiacantha confusa)
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 [58-59] (as Ophiacantha graphica)
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 [192, pl. 25(7-9)] (as Ophiacantha longidens)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [41-43, fig. 1a-c] (as Ophiacantha longidens)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [371] (as Ophiacantha confusa)
History of changes
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