Species Ophiocamax vitrea Lyman, 1878
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocamax vitrea 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 [156, pl. 8(218-221), 9(242-244)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.63 1 specimen (Challenger stn 219), Admiralty Is, off Nares Harbour, 279m [1°50'S, 146°39.6'E].
Paratype(s) MCZ 2096 1 specimen (Challenger stn 219), Admiralty Is, off Nares Harbour, 279m [1°50'S, 146°39.6'E];
Status unknown, BMNH 1882.12.23.143 2 specimens (Challenger stn Cebu), Cebu; ZMUC 1 specimen (Challenger stn Cebu), Cebu; BMNH 1882.12.23.65 2 specimens (Challenger stn 192), Ki (Kei) Is, 239m [5°42'S, 132°25'E]; BMNH (Challenger stn 201), off Samboanga (Zamboanga), 152-189m [7°3'N, 121°48'E]; BMNH (Challenger stn 204), east of Tablas Is, 186-213m [12°43'N, 122°10'E]; BMNH (Challenger stn 209), Bohol Strait, 176-186m [10°14'N, 123°54'E]. - Ophiocamax rugosa Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [139-141, pl. 26(4-7)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2366-E2371, E2532 28 specimens, Indonesia [between approximately 5°03'30"S, 119°0'E and 10°39'S, 123°40'E]. - Ophiocamax polyploca 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 [193-195, fig. 90].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM 25588 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4933), Eastern Sea, off Yagoshima, 282m [30°59'N, 130°29.8'E]; USNM 26039 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4903), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 196-254m [32°31.167'N, 128°33.333'E]; USNM 26081 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4934), Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188-278m [30°58.5'N, 130°32'E]; USNM 26082 3 specimens (Albatross stn 4893), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174-194m [32°32'N, 128°32.833'E]; USNM 26177 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4901), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 254m [32°30.167'N, 128°34.667'E]; USNM 26178 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4939), Kyushu Island, Kagoshima Bay, North Pacific Ocean, 155m [31°18.5'N, 130°42'E]; USNM 26905 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4903), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 196-254m [32°31.167'N, 128°33.333'E]; USNM 27020 3 specimens (Albatross stn 4893), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174-194m [32°32'N, 128°32.833'E]; USNM 27176 14 specimens (Albatross stn 4934), Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188-278m [30°58.5'N, 130°32'E]; MCZ 3234 4 specimens (Albatross stn 4934), Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188-278m [30°58.5'N, 130°32'E]; MCZ 3427 3 specimens (Albatross stn 4934), Kyushu Island, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188-278m [30°58.5'N, 130°32'E]. - Ophiocamax plesiotaxis 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 [213-214, pl. 3(9-10)].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [147-151, pl. 27(5-8), 28(1-6), 29(1-6), 94(8)] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
- O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [112-113, fig. 12a-e] (as Ophiocamax vitrea)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
General References
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 [214] (as Ophiocamax vitrea)
Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [423-424] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
Irimura, S. & Kubodera, T. 1998. Ophiuroidea in the East China Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 135-143, 2 pls [139] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
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 [92-93] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [178, fig. 80] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
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 [210-211, pl. 14(10-12)] (as Ophiocamax vitrea)
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 [fig. 12d, 15i, 16d] (as Ophiocamax vitrea)
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 [132] (as Ophiocamax polyploca)
McKnight, D.G. 1975. Some echinoderms from the northern Tasman Sea. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 2(5): 49-76 [69-70] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from on the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs [251] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291, 12 figs, 1 tbl [287] (as Ophiocamax rugosa)
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