Species Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiura incrassata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 568 pp. [542].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, Java, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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, pl. 20(4)] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

Clark, H.L. 1908. Some Japanese and East Indian echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 51(11): 279–311 [298] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 incrassata)

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] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 [140-141, pl. 34(1-2)] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 [209] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [253] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 [129] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

Guille, A. & Jangoux, M. 1978. Astérides et Ophiurides littorales de la region d'Amboine (Indonésie). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris 54: 47-74 [66] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 [44] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [17] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [64-65] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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(6-7)] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 [272] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 incrassata)

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 incrassata)

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 incrassata)

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 [318-319, fig. 88, pl. 6(4)] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Some echinoderm records from the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean. DMFS Reports 3: 19-30 [27] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

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 [186] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [395] (as Ophiarachna incrassata)

 

History of changes

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