Genus Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophidiaster Agassiz, L. 1836. Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelle de Neuchâtel 1: 168-199 [191].

  Type species:

   Asterias ophidiana Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy.
• Chione Gistel, J. 1848. Echinodermata. Class II. pp. 174–177 in, Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere Schulen. Edn 1. xvi 216 pp. 32 pls text illus. [176].

  Type species:

   Asterias ophidiana Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(3): 1-712 pls 1-156 [388]
• Spencer, W.K. & Wright, C.W. 1966. Asterozoans. pp. U4-U107 figs 1-89 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 1. [U64 in part] (only Chione Gistel, 1848; not Tamaria Gray, 1840 which is a valid genus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Rise - Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		18-Feb-2010	MODIFIED