Species Ophiogymna elegans Ljungman, 1866
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiogymna elegans Ljungman, A.V. 1866. Om nägra nya arter af Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(6): 163-166 [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM Type-1427 10 syntypes, Singapore, Strait of Malacca, Chinese Sea. - Ophiocampsis inermis Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [115-116, pl. 13(7)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ 3527 1 specimen, off Trial, Kei Is., Indo-Malay Archipelago; ZMA E2373/1 6 syntypes, off Trial, Kei Is., Indo-Malay Archipelago; ZMA E2373/2 & 3 1 syntype, Banda, Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [286]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Murray Ils to Heron Is., Qld and Port Walcott to off Port Hedland, WA; western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 23-135 m
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
History of changes
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