Species Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiocnida sexradia Duncan, P.M. 1887. On the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent at the Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 21: 85-106 pls 8-9, 11(28-40) [92, pl. 8(10-11)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI (depository uncertain), Owen Is., Mergui Archipelago, Burma.
• Ophiocoma parva 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 [292, pl. 14(8-9)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3758, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3759; MCZ 3855.
• Amphiacantha dividua 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 [180-181, fig. 47, pl. 3(12)].
• Ophiocomella clippertoni Clark, A.H. 1939. Echinoderms (other than holothurians) collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(11): 1–18 pls 1–5 [7, pl. 1(1-2)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM E5639 39 specimens, Clipperton Island, North Pacific Ocean [10°18'N, 109°13'W]; USNM E5640 3 specimens, Clipperton Island, North Pacific Ocean [10°18'N, 109°13'W].
• Ophiocomella schultzi Clark, A.H. 1941. A new brittle-star of the genus Ophiocomella from Canton Island. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31: 481-483.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM E5919 1 specimen, Kanton Island, South Pacific Ocean [2°49'S, 171°40'W].
• Ophiomastix sexradiata Clark, A.H. 1952. Echinoderms from the Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102: 265-303 [297-298].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM E7359 1 specimen, Ralik Chain, Bikini Atoll, North Pacific Ocean.
  Paratype(s) USNM E7360 1 specimen, Ralik Chain, Bikini Atoll, North Pacific Ocean.
• Ophiothauma heptactis 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 [211].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4917, Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, NT.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [fig. 38d] (as Ophiocomella parva)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Pacific, Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Africa, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [178-179, pl. 12(5-6)] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

Clark, A.H. 1939. Echinoderms (other than holothurians) collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(11): 1–18 pls 1–5 [5-7, pl. 1(1- 2)] (as Ophiocomella parva)

Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [54] (as Ophiocomella clippertoni)

Clark, A.H. 1952. Echinoderms from the Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102: 265-303 [296] (as Ophiocomella clippertoni)

Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [175] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

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 [259] (as Amphilimna sexradia)

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 parva)

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 [131-132, pl. 13(4)] (as Ophiocoma parva)

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 [331-332] (as Ophiocomella parva)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [206] (as Amphiacantha sexradia and Ophiocoma parva)

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 Ophiocomella sexradia)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [16] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [33] (as Ophiocnida sexradia)

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 [113-114] (as Amphiacantha sexradia)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [265, fig. 144] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

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 Ophiocomella sexradia)

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 Ophiocomella sexradia)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [287] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Some echinoderm records from the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean. DMFS Reports 3: 19-30 [27] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

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] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

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 Ophiocomella sexradia)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [389] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

Sloan, N.A., Clark, A.M. & Taylor, J.D. 1979. The echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 37(2): 81-128 figs 1-22 [109] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

Stöhr, S., Conand, C. & Boissin, E. 2008. Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from La Reunion and the systematic position of Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(3): 545-560 [555-556, fig. 5h-I] (as Ophiocomella sexradia)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	09-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED