Species Ophiocopa spatula Lyman, 1883
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocopa spatula 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 [266-267, pl. 7(95-98)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC 1 specimen (Challenger stn 219), Admiralty Is, off Nares Harbour, 279m [1°50'S, 146°39.6'E]. - Ophiactis parata Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [97-98, pl. 24(3-4)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2364 2 specimens (Siboga stn 156), Irian Jaya, eastern Halmahera Sea, east of Gag Is., 469m [0°29.2'S, 130°5.3'E]. - Ophiocopa singularis 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 [98-100, pl. 21(4,8-9)].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM 41280 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5348), Palawan Passage, off Point Tabonan, 686m [10°57.75'N, 118°38.25'E].
Paralectotype(s) USNM 41283 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5173), Sulu Archipelago, Jolo Island, Candea Point, North Pacific Ocean, 340m [6°2.917'N, 120°53'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [74] (as Ophiocopa parata)
- O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)
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 [266] (as Ophiactis parata)
Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [295] (as Amphiactis parata)
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 67(1): 43-92 [67] (as Amphiactis parata)
O'Hara, T. D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A. F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416 [13]
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [109-110, fig. 12k-n] (as Ophiocopa spatula)
History of changes
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| 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED |