Species Ophiodyscrita acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiodyscrita acosmeta 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 [356-357].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 5294, Broome, WA.
• Ophiocryptus pacificus Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [188-189, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIUT, Palao Harbour and Iwayama Bay, Caroline Ils.
• Ophiostegastus compsus Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16(7): 277-322 figs 1-10 pl. 1 [317-321, fig. 10].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiodyscrita pacificus (Murakami, 1943).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

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. [88-89, , fig. 45c, 54d-f] (as Ophiodyscrita acosmeta; figured holotype)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [265] (as Ophiodyscrita acosmeta)

Fujita, T. 1998. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from Fukue Island off Kyushu, Western Japan, including three new records for Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 223-230 [228-229, fig. 4] (as Ophiodyscrita pacifica)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [141, fig. 6a-b] (as Ophiodyscrita pacifica)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [399] (as Ophiodyscrita acosmeta)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	10-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED