Species Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiolepis savignyi Desjardins, J. in Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Egypt.
• Ophiactis krebsii Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1856(1–2): 1–26 [111].
• Ophiactis virescens Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1856(1–2): 1–26 [24].
• Ophiolepis sexradia Grube, E. 1857. Diagnosen einiger neuen Echinodermen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 23(1): 340-344 [343].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Honolulu (as 'Horolulu'), Hawaii.
• Ophiactis reinhardti Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. 2. Beskrivelser af nye eller hidtil kun ufoldstaendigt kjendte Arter af Slangestjerner. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 5(5): 179-271, pls 1-5 [263, pl. 3(7)] [as Ophiactis reinhardtii].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Nicobar Ils, Bay of Bengal.
• Ophiactis maculosa von Martens, E. 1870. Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36(3): 244-263 [248].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1729, South China Sea, between Singapore and Bankok.
• Ophiactis brocki de Loriol, P. 1893. Echinodermes de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 359-426 pls 13-15 [401, pl. 14(1-1e)].
• Ophiactis conferta Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [25-26, pl. 3(15-17)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA E2362, cost of Salawati, Loslos Is., Irian Jaya, Indonesia).
• Ophiactis quadrispina 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 [264-265, pl. 10(9-10)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1225, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3926.
• Ophiactis versicolor Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [81-82, fig. 36].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1948.5.26.145, Red Sea.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1948.5.26.144.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [115] (as Ophiactis savignyi)
• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [311-312] (as Ophiactis maculosa; most of HLC 1915 specimens = O. savigyni [others modesta?])
• Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [125-128, fig. 57(A-I)] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842).
• Ophiactis sexradia (Grube, 1857).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Atlantic, East Pacific, Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Africa, South Pacific, West Atlantic

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1939. Echinoderms (other than holothurians) collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(11): 1–18 pls 1–5 [3] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, A.H. 1939. Echinoderms of the Smithsonian-Hartford expedition 1937, with other West Indian records. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3056): 441-456 [447] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [31-32] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, A.H. 1952. Echinoderms from the Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102: 265-303 [292] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, A.M. 1976. Asterozoa from Amsterdam and St Paul Islands, southern Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 30(6): 247-261, pls 1-2 [259] (as Ophiactis sp probably O. savignyi)

Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [164, figs 156, 161] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [82-83,] (as Ophiactis conferta)

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 conferta)

Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [436] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [108] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [204] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [260-261] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [77] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [210] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Devaney, D.M. 1974. Shallow-water echinoderms from British Honduras, with a description of a new species of Ophiocoma. Bulletin of Marine Science 24(1): 122-164 [129] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Duncan, P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 14: 445-482, pls 9-11 [465] (as Ophiactis krebsii)

Fujita, T. 1998. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from Fukue Island off Kyushu, Western Japan, including three new records for Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 223-230 [224] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [123] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Guille, A. & Jangoux, M. 1978. Astérides et Ophiurides littorales de la region d'Amboine (Indonésie). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris 54: 47-74 [61] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Hendler, G. 1995. Class Ophiuroidea: Brittle stars, Basket Stars. pp. 89-195 in Hendler, G., Miller, J.E., Pawson, D.G. & Kier, P.M. (eds). Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Washington & London : Smithsonian Institution Press. [148-151, fig. 70] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Irimura, S. 1969. Supplemental report of Dr. Murakami's paper on the ophiurans of Amakusa, Kyushu. Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyusku University 2(1): 37-48 [40] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Irimura, S. 1979. Ophiuroidea of Sado Island, the Sea of Japan. Annual Report of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 9: 1-6 [2] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans of Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26(1/3): 15-49, pl. 1 [21] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Irimura, S. 1982. The Brittle-stars of Sagami Bay. Japan : Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household 95 pp, 15 pls. [28-29, fig. 17, pl. 1(6)] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Irimura, S., Shigei, M., Saba, M., Kogo, I. & Asak 1994. Echinoderms collected from the northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Natural History Research, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba 1: 293-297 [295] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [8] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [131] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [72-73] (as Ophiactis sexradia)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [26-29] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Koehler, R. 1913. Ophiures. Zoologische Jahrbucher Supplement 11(3): 351-380, pls 20-21 [355] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Koehler, R. 1914. A contribution to the study of ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173, pls 1-18 [41] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

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 [193-195, pl. 64(5-6), 96(2)] (as Ophiactis savignyi; one specimen below 100 m)

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 [122-123] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Lütken, C.F. & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., comman. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 23(2): 93-208, pls 1-23 [140] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [253] (as Ophiactis sexradia)

Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [41] (as Ophiactis Savignyi)

Madsen, F.J. 1970. West African Ophiuroids. pp. 151-243 in Atlantidae Report. Vol. 11. [207-208, fig. 33] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [70] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [457] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp. [61] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

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 [158-159, fig. 39] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Some echinoderm records from the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean. DMFS Reports 3: 19-30 [26] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Mortensen, T. 1925. On some echinoderms from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 16: 146-154 (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Mortensen, T. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea: Ophiuroidea). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 93: 215-400, figs 1-91, pls 8-19 [348, fig. 58b] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Mortensen, T. 1933. The echinoderms of St. Helena (other than crinoids). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 93: 401-472 [442] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12: 199-348, 53 figs, 9 pls [264] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 55-112 figs 1-24 pls 1-2 [70] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(1): 1-36 [8] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [167-168] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Murakami, S. 1944. Note on the ophiurans from Amakusa, Kyusyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(8): 259-280 5 fig 1 pl. [264] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Nielsen, E. 1932. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. LIX. Ophiurans from the Gulf of Panama, California, and the Strait of Georgia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 91: 241–346 figs 1–42 [257-258] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1996. Indian Ocean echinoderrms collected during the 'Sindbad' voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 62(2): 71-82 [74] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [380-381] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Sloan, N.A., Clark, A.M. & Taylor, J.D. 1979. The echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 37(2): 81-128 figs 1-22 [102] (as Ophiactis versicolor)

Stöhr, S., Çinar, M.E. & Dagli, E. 2010. Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the southern coast of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean): new records and revision of Amphiodia obtecta Mortensen, 1940. Zootaxa 2483: 45-57 [54] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Stöhr, S., Conand, C. & Boissin, E. 2008. Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from La Reunion and the systematic position of Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(3): 545-560 [553] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

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 [16-17] (as Ophiactis incisa)

Tommasi, L.R. 1970. Os ofiuróides recentes do Brasil e de Regiões vizinhas. Contribuições do Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo Serie Oceanografia Biológica 20: 1-146 [24-25, fig. 6-7] (as Ophiactis savignyi)

Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 5(1): 1-86, pls 1-8 [34] (as Ophiactis krebsii)

 

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