Species Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897

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• Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, R. 1897. Échinodermes recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 8(4): 277-372, pls 5-9 [342-344, pl. 8(56-57)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1898.7.11.12 1 syntype, Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal; MNHP Ech Os 20403 3 syntypes, Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [196-198] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

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 [204] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [43] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [430] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Koehler, R. 1899. An account of the deep-sea Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. Calcutta : Indian Museum 76 pp., 14 pls. [53-54, pl. 4(27-29)] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [110] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

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 [59-61, pl. 21(1,5-6), 93(5)] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

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 [60] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [177, fig. 79] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [116] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

McKnight, D.G. 1975. Some echinoderms from the northern Tasman Sea. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 2(5): 49-76 [69] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [174, 186] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(1): 1-36 [5] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from on the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs [251] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [44-46, fig. 2e-g] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [372] (as Ophiacantha pentagona)

 

History of changes

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