Species Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomitrella placida Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [137-138, pl. 31(3-4)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2424 5 specimens (Siboga stn 251), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 204m [5°28.4'S, 132°0.2'E]; ZMA E2425 1 specimen (Siboga stn 253), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 304m [5°48.2'S, 132°13'E]; ZMA E2426 4 specimens (Siboga stn 302), West Timor, Salut Roti, 216m [10°27.9'S, 123°28.7'E]; MNHP EcOs20346 1 specimen, Ile de la Sonde. - Ophiacantha ficta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [121-122, pl. 16(1-4)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA E2343 1 specimen (Siboga stn 251), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 204m [5°28.4'S, 132°0.2'E]. - Ophiomitra microphylax 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 [184-185, fig 84].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 25608 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4933), Eastern Sea, off Yagoshima, 282m [30°59N, 130°29.8'E].
Paratype(s) AM J2735 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4933), Eastern Sea, off Yagoshima, 282m [30°59'N, 130°29.8'E]; USNM 26244 3 specimens (Albatross stn 4934), Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188-278m [30°58.5N, 130°32'E]; USNM 26908 10 specimens (Albatross stn 4933), Eastern Sea, off Yagoshima, 282m [30°59'N, 130°29.8'E]; USNM 27143 15 specimens (Albatross stn 4934), Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188-278m [30°58.5'N, 130°32'E]; MCZ 3231 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4933), Eastern Sea, off Yagoshima, 282m [30°59'N, 130°29.8'E]; MCZ 3232 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4901), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 254m [32°30.167'N, 128°34.667'E]; MCZ 3431 7 specimens (Albatross stn 4933), Eastern Sea, off Yagoshima, 282m [30°59´N, 130°29.8'E].
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 [46]
Generic Combinations
- Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, North Pacific
IMCRA
Central Eastern Transition (15)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
General References
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 placida)
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 [130-131, pl. 30(8-9), 94(3)] (as Ophiomelina placida)
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 [106] (as Ophiophthalmus placida)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [46-48, fig. 3a-e] (as Ophiacantha placida)
History of changes
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