Species Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiarachna gorgonia 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 MNHP, locality unknown.
• Pectinura marmorata 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 [222-223, pl. 5(1-7)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 144, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 236 2 specimens; MCZ 135 2 specimens; MCZ 947.
• Pectinura megaloplax Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117–177, 509–512, pls 8–17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881–2. [134].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Port Molle, QLD.
• Pectinura intermedia Bell, F.J. 1888. Report on a collection of echinoderms made at Tuticorin, Madras, by Mr. E. Thurston. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 383-389 [386].
• Pectinura venusta de Loriol, P. 1893. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Île Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. Supplement. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 32(3): 1-64 pls 23-25 [16 pl. 23(3)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, GMNH (status indertemined), Mauritius (as 'I'île Maurice').

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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. [217-218, pl. 15(5-6)] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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. 42b, pl. 20(2)] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Clark, H.L. 1908. Some Japanese and East Indian echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 51(11): 279–311 [289] (as Pectinura gorgonia)

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 [123-124] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [25] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 marmorata)

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 [141-142, pl. 12(5), 35(4-5)] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [443-444] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 [346-347, pl. 15(1)] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [260] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia and O. megaloplax)

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 Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 [45] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Irimura, S. 1979. Ophiuroidea of Sado Island, the Sea of Japan. Annual Report of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 9: 1-6 [5] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 [43-44] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [18] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [8-9] (as Pectinura gorgonia)

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 [339-340] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 gorgonia)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [281-282, fig. 156, pl. 19(2-3)] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 gorgonia)

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 gorgonia)

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 gorgonia)

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 [323-324, pl. 6(7)] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [13] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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

Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(1): 1-36 [33] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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 [187, fig. 9] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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. [272] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [396] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

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] (as Ophiarachnella gorgonia)

 

History of changes

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