Species Ophiarachna delicata H.L. Clark, 1932
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocoma delicata 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 [206-207, pl. 1(1-3)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, off North Direction Is., QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ashmore Reef to Great Barrier Reef Qld; west-central Pacific Ocean. Recorded depth 34.5-36 m
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), 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. 41a-e, pl. 20(5-6)] (refers Ophiocoma delicata H.L. Clark, 1932 to the genus Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [246] (as Ophiocoma delicata)
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. [62] (as Ophiarachna delicata)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [395] (as Ophiarachna delicata)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |