Species Ophioconis opacum (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiurodon opacum Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [440-442, fig. 132].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K243 (was E471), Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Paratype(s) MCZ 4674.
Generic Combinations
- Ophioconis opacum (H.L. Clark, 1928).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ophioconus opacum (H.L. Clark, 1928) [misspelling of generic name]. —
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [399]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [162-163, fig. 31-32] (as Ophioconis opacum)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [255] (as Ophiurodon opacum)
Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [465-466] (as Ophioconis opacum)
Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [287] (as Ophioconis opacum)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [399] (as Ophioconus opacum)
History of changes
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