Species Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, C.F. 1869. Addimenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. 3. Beskrivende og kritiske Bidrag til Kundskab an Slangestjernerne. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 5(8): 22-109 [34].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH E.4073 1 specimen, Fiji Ils. - Ophiarachna clavigera Brock, J. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 47: 465-539.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 52(7): 109-135 pl. 1 [128] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine.
General References
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. [88-89, fig. 42a] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [299, pl. 18(1-2)] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [pl. 4(1)] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [271-272, pl. 14(1)] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [173] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [71] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [78] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [395] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
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 [111, fig. 17-18] (as Ophiarachna affinis)
History of changes
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