Species Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocoma dentata Desjardins, J. in Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [99, pl. 7(3-3a)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, locality unknown. - Ophiocoma insularia Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 75-86 [80].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Hawaiian Ils and Kiribati (as Sandwich Ils/Kingsmill Ils). - Ophiocoma ternispina von Martens, E. 1870. Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36(3): 244-263 [252].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 1815, undetermined. - Ophiocoma variegata Smith, E.A. 1876. Descriptions of two new species of Ophiocoma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18(4): 39-40 [39].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1876.5.5.21, Is. of Rodriguez (western Indian Ocean). - Ophiocoma marmorata Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1887. Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 2: 291-316 pls 12-13 [303, pl. 12(16-17)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW 10466 4 syntypes, West Africa [0.7N 23W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Devaney, D.M. 1970. Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a reevaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 51: 1-41 figs 1-50 [13]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [50] (as Ophiocoma insularia)
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. [86-87, , pl. 18(2-3)] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
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 [291, pl. 15(3-4)] (as Ophiocoma insularia)
Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [441] (as Ophiocoma insularia)
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 [130] (as Ophiocoma brevipes var variegata)
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 [205-206] (as Ophiocoma brevipes var variegata)
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 [330-331] (as Ophiocoma insularia var variegata)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [94-95] (as Ophiocoma insularia var variegata)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [246-247] (as Ophiocoma insularia var variegata also Ophiocoma brevipes (part))
Devaney, D.M. 1970. Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a reevaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 51: 1-41 figs 1-50 [12-14, fig. 17, 18(left), 19, 21, 34(right)] (as Ophiocoma dentata; subspecies (varieties and forms) attributed to Ophiocoma dentata including Ophiocoma brevipes var. variegata, Ophiocoma brevipes var. insularia, Ophiocoma insularia var. variegata forma doederleini and Ophiocoma insularia var. variegata forma dentata)
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 [128] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans of Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26(1/3): 15-49, pl. 1 [45] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Irimura, S., Shigei, M., Saba, M., Kogo, I. & Asak 1994. Echinoderms collected from the northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Natural History Research, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba 1: 293-297 [295] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [13-14] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [134] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [260-261, fig. 139] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [71] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp. [61] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [282-283] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [12] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
McKnight, D.G. 1989. Some echinoderm records from the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean. DMFS Reports 3: 19-30 [26] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1996. Indian Ocean echinoderrms collected during the 'Sindbad' voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 62(2): 71-82 [76-77] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [386] (as Ophiocoma dentata)
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 [21] (as Ophiocoma ternispina)
History of changes
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