Species Ophiochasma stellata (Ljungman, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiarachna stellata Ljungman, A.V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 303-336 [305].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM Type-1419 2 syntypes, off Singapore.
• Ophiochasma adspersa Grube, A.E. 1868. Ueber einige seltenere oder neue Ophiuriden. Jahrbuch Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Kult. Breslau 45: 44-45 [45].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Pectinura nitens Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [10-11, pl. 1(10-12)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA E2575 1 specimen (Siboga stn 49a), Sapeh-Strait., 69m [8°23.5'S, 119°4.6'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [274-276] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiochasma stellata (Ljungman, 1867).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Onslow, WA to Swain Reefs, Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-110 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117–177, 509–512, pls 8–17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881–2. (as Ophiopinax stellatus)

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [88-89, pl. 20(1)] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 52(7): 109-135 pl. 1 [125] (as Ophiarachnella nitens)

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 [306] (as Ophiarachnella nitens)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [141] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [209] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

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 [345-346] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [259] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [129] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [143] (as Ophiochasma stellatum)

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 [341-342] (as Ophiarachnella nitens)

Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [221] (as Pectinura stellata)

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 [49] (as Pectinura stellata)

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 [15] (as Pectinura stellata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [398] (as Ophiochasma stellata)

 

History of changes

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