Species Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiactis brachygenys 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 [135-137].
Type data:
Holotype USNM Cat. No. 25602, South Eastern Japan [32°36'N, 132°23'E]. - Ophiactis definita 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 [187-189, pl. 64(1-2,7)].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM E1050 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5119), Balyan Bay and Verde Island passage, 721m [13°45.8'N, 120°30.5'E].
Paralectotype(s) USNM E45 1 specimen, North Pacific Ocean; USNM E46 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5619), Halmahera Island, Moti Island, Molucca Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 796m [0°35'N, 127°14.667'E]; USNM E47 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5637), Buru Island, Banda Sea, South Pacific Ocean, 1280m [3°53.333'S, 126°48'E]; USNM E48 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5589), South of Darvel Bay, Celebes Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 475m [4°12.167'N, 118°38.133'E]; USNM E49 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5119), Balyan Bay and Verde Island passage, 721m [13°45.8'N, 120°30.5'E]; USNM E50 2 specimens, North Pacific Ocean; USNM E51 10 specimens (Albatross stn 5587), South of Darvel Bay, Celebes Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 759m [4°10.583'N, 118°37.2'E]; USNM E52 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5587), South of Darvel Bay, Celebes Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 759m [4°10.583'N, 118°37.2'E].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [439] (as Ophiactis definita)
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 [121] (as Ophiactis definita)
History of changes
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