Species Ophiocentrus pilosa (Lyman, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiocnida pilosa 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 [32-33, pl. 12(341-343)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.360, off East Moncoeur Is., Bass Strait, TAS.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 1508.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiocentrus pilosa (Lyman, 1879).
• Amphiocnida pilosa (Lymani, 1879).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Ophiocentrus aspera Koehler, 1905 [misidentification]. —
  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 (SE Australian record of Ophiocentrus aspera is a misidentification of Ophiocenturs pilosa)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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 [40] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus)

Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [425-428, fig. 10:15c] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus)

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 [339-341, pl. 4(1-3)] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus)

Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(11): 519-564, pls 47-58 [541-542] (as Ophiocnida pilosa)

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 [237] (as Amphiocnida pilosa)

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 [237] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [199-200] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus and Ophiocentrus asper)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [40, 69] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus)

Gislén, T. 1926. On the generic types of the ophiuroid genus Ophiocentrus Ljungman (Amphiocnida Verrill). Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 30(6): 3-16 [13-14] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus; New combination)

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 [153-154, pl. 19(7-9)] (as Ophiocnida pilosa)

Madsen, F.J. 1967. Ophiuroidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 9: 123-144, figs 1-8, pl. 1 [141] (as Ophiocentrus pilosus)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [354] (as Ophiocentrus pilosa)

Studer, T. 1882. Übersicht über die Ophiuriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–1876 gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1: 1-37, pls 1-3 [20] (as Ophiocnida pilosa)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	08-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED