Species Ophiernus vallincola Lyman, 1878
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiernus vallincola Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [122-123, pl. 6(170-172)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ 397 2 specimens, west of Crozet Is., south Indian Ocean; MCZ 844 2 specimens, near Marion Is., south Indian Ocean; BMNH 14+ specimens, off the Azores, Atlantic Ocean. - Ophiernus abyssalis Koehler, R. 1896. Note preliminaire sur les Ophiures recueillis pendant les campaigns de 'l'Hirondelle'. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 202-213 [242].
Type data:
Holotype MOM 1 specimen (Princesse Alice stn 486), NW coast, 1674m [43°53.5'N, 9°2.28'W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Madsen, F.J. 1977. The Ophioleucidae. Galathea Report 14: 109-122 figs 1-7 8 pls [112-114, fig. 2] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Antarctic, Arctic, Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, South Africa, South Pacific
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8)
Ecological Descriptors
Abyssal plain, benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [32] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [185, fig. 201] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
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 [348] (as Ophiernus abyssale)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [134] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Guille, A. & Vadon, C. 1986. Ophiuridae de l'oceán Indien profund. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3: 167-188 [169] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Hertz, M. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1. Chilophiurida Mats. (Ophiolepididae: Ophioleucidae: Ophiodermatidae: Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 22(3): 59–122 pls 6–9 [114] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Koehler, R. 1909. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht 'Princesse Alice'. Rés. Sci. campagnes du Prince de Monaco 34 [143-145, pl. 28(3-4)] (as Ophiernus abyssalis)
Litvinova, N.M. 1975. Ophiuroids of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico collected during the 14th cruise of the R.V. 'Akademik Kurchatov'. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Akademija nauk CCCP 100: 196-204 [201] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
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 [32-33, pl. 24(16-18), 38(6-9)] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research 4: 76-111 [83, fig. 3d] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 49(1): 1-162, figs 1-59 [98-99, fig. 40] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [403] (as Ophiernus vallincola)
History of changes
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