Species Ophiacantha serrata Lyman, 1878
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha serrata 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 [148, pl. 10(272-273)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.40 1 wet specimen, Admiralty Ils, West Pacific. - Ophiacantha fausta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [104-105, pl. 20(2-3)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2342 2 specimens (Siboga stn 253), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 304m [5°48.2'S, 132°13'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 [49]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [36] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
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 [206] (as Ophiacantha fausta)
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] (as Ophiacantha fausta; one specimen, 5 mm d.d.)
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 [197-198, pl. 15(6-8)] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878–79, and among the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartl. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(6): 227-287, pls 1-8 [261] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [11] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
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, 187] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [49-50, fig. 2h-k] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [373] (as Ophiacantha serrata)
History of changes
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