Species Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiarachna septemspinosa Desjardins, J. in Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH, the Moluccas, Indonesia.
• Pectinura rigida 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 [224, pl. 6(10-13)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 147, Zanzibar.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 945.
• Ophiarachna armata Troschel, F.H. 1879. [no title]. Sitzungsberichte der Niederrheinischen Gesellschaft für Natur-und Heilkunde 1879: 135-138 [137].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

 

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 [126]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA to Bunker Group, Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-55 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [218-219, pl. 16(1-2)] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 [126] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 [305] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 [142, pl. 12(7)] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 [349-350] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [263-264] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

Guille, A. & Jangoux, M. 1978. Astérides et Ophiurides littorales de la region d'Amboine (Indonésie). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris 54: 47-74 [70] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [9] (as Pectinura septemspinosa)

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 [273] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 [222, pl. 6(10-13)] (as Pectinura septemspinosa)

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 [49] (as Pectinura rigida)

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 [15] (as Pectinura rigida)

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 Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [397] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

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 [114-115] (as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa)

 

History of changes

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15-Sep-2023		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
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