Species Ophiocreas oedipus Lyman, 1879
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocreas oedipus 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 [65-66, pl. 16(443-446)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.93, Ascension Is.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1939.2.2.11.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, South Pacific, West Atlantic
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 11-83 figs 1-33 [28, fig. 7, 30] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
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 [178] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [166-167] (as Ophiocreas oedipus; 1 specimen)
Koehler, R. 1909. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht 'Princesse Alice'. Rés. Sci. campagnes du Prince de Monaco 34 [206, pl. 7(2)] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
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 [283, pl. 31(5-8), 46(1)] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [174, 186] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115: 1-79 [34-35, fig. 13, pl. 12] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 49(1): 1-162, figs 1-59 [18, fig. 10] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [358] (as Ophiocreas oedipus)
History of changes
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