Genus Ophiurothamnus Matsumoto, 1917
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiurothamnus 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.
Type species:
Ophiomitra discycla Clark, 1911 by original designation. - Ophiocyclus Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [41].
Type species:
Ophioceramis (?) clausa Lyman, 1878 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [104-105] (as Ophiurothamnus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8)
General References
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 [102-104] (as Ophiurothamnus)
History of changes
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