Species Ophiarachnella ramsayi (Bell, 1888)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Pectinura ramsayi Bell, F.J. 1888. Descriptions of four new species of ophiurids. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888(2): 281-284 pl. 16 [281, pl. 16(1-2)])].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1886.6.9.22, Port Jackson, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Ophiarachnella ramsayi (Bell, 1888).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [433, figs 10.18d, 10:19a] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [294] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
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 ramsayi)
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 [444] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
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 [347-349] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [261-262] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [41, 71] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Herring 1995. Bioluminescent echinoderms: Unity of function in diversity of expression? pp. 9-17 in Emson, R.H., Smith A.B. & Campbell, A.C. (eds). Echinoderm Research. Rotterdam : Balkema. (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [463-464] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [287] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [397] (as Ophiarachnella ramsayi; status as valid species maintained)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |