Species Ophiacantha vepratica Lyman, 1878
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha vepratica 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 [137-138, pl. 10(245-247)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.37 1 specimen (Challenger stn 171), Kermadec Islands, 1116m [28°33'S, 177°50'W].
Paratype(s) MCZ 2019 1 specimen (Challenger stn 171), Kermadec Islands, 1116m [28°33'S, 177°50'W]. - Ophiacantha augusta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [105-106, pl. 19(5-6)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2329 1 specimen (Siboga stn 122), eastern Celebes Sea, off NE tip of Sulawesi, 1165-1264m [1°58.5'N, 125°0.5'E]; ZMA E2339 1 specimen (Siboga stn 280), northern Timor Sea, west of Leti, 1224m [8°17.4'S, 127°30.7'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 [50]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, 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 [205] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 [25] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
Fell, H.B. 1960. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms of the Chatham Islands: Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Bulletin of N.Z. scient. Ind. Res. 139(2): 55-74 [67] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
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 [182-183, pl. 13(7-9)] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
McKnight, D.G. 1967. Additions to the echinoderm fauna of the Chatham Rise. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1(3): 291-313 [308] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [50-51] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
Studer, T. 1882. Übersicht über die Ophiuriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–1876 gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1: 1-37, pls 1-3 [23] (as Ophiacantha vepratica)
History of changes
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