Species Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocampsis pellicula Duncan, P.M. 1887. On the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent at the Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 21: 85-106 pls 8-9, 11(28-40) [101, pls 9(20-21), 11(40)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.5.11.1, King Is., Mergui Archipelago, Burma. - Ophiothrix macrobrachia Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [267-269, fig. 133].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 25712 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4875), NE of Korea Strait, Eastern Channel, Okino Island, Sea of Japan, North Pacific Ocean, 108m [34°19'N, 130°9'E].
Paratype(s) USNM 25905 3 specimens (Albatross stn 3707), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Ose Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 115-137m [35°2'N, 138°46'E]; USNM 25983 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4890), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 247m [32°26.5'N, 128°36.5'E]; MCZ E3268 6 specimens (Albatross stn 3734), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Omae Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 66-88m [34°40'N, 138°20'E]; USNM 26055 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4895), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174m [32°33.167'N, 128°32.167'E]; USNM 26065 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4893), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174-194m [32°32'N, 128°32.833'E]; USNM 26107 3 specimens (Albatross stn 3734), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Omae Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 66-88m [34°40'N, 138°20'E]; USNM 26125 1 specimen (Albatross stn 3735), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Omae Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 66m [34°40'N, 138°20'E]; USNM 26181 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4894), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174m [32°33'N, 128°32.167'E]; USNM 26182 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5069), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Numazu, North Pacific Ocean, 198-240m [35°3.167'N, 138°47'E]; USNM 26192 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4936), Kyushu Is, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188m [30°54.7'N, 130°37.5'E]; USNM 26602 3 specimens (Albatross stn 4948), Kyushu Island, Toi Misaki, North Pacific Ocean, 119m [31°19'N, 131°23'E]; USNM 26886 8 specimens (Albatross stn 3729), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Omae Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 62m [34°40'N, 138°20'E]; USNM 26887 7 specimens (Albatross stn 4936), Kyushu Is, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188m [30°54.7'N, 130°37.5'E]; USNM 26947 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4894), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174m [32°33'N, 128°32.167'E]; USNM 26948 15 specimens (Albatross stn 3715), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Ose Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 119-124m [35°2'N, 138°46'E]; USNM 27145 2 specimens (Albatross stn 3707), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Ose Zaki, North Pacific Ocean, 115-137m [35°2'N, 138°46'E]; USNM 27146 3 specimens (Albatross stn 4895), South of Goto Islands, Fukue Island, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 174m [32°33.167'N, 128°32.167'E]; USNM 26037 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5070), Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Numazu, North Pacific Ocean, 198m [35°3.417'N, 138°47.667'E]; MCZ E3269 2 specimens (Albatross stn 4948), Kyushu Island, Toi Misaki, North Pacific Ocean, 119m [31°19'N, 131°23'E]. - Placophiothrix phrixa Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [88-90, fig. 39-40].
Generic Combinations
- Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ophiothrix fulgens Koehler, 1905 [= Ophiogymna fulgens (Koehler, 1905). fulgens and pellucida are hopelessly confused; recent Japanese literature treat them as separate, but give contradictory diagnoses (O'Hara pers. comm.)]. —
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [417] (synonymised taxa)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Africa
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
General References
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] (as Ophiogymna pellicula)
Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., S 1991. Echinoderms from continental shelf and slope around Japan Vol. 2. Tokyo : Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association 203 pp. [148-150, fig. 68] (as Ophiogymna pellicula)
Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [88] (as Ophiocampsis pellicula)
Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [189-190] (as Ophiogymna pellicula)
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 [222] (as Ophiothrix macrobrachia)
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 [76] (as Ophiogymna pellicula)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [417] (as Ophiogymna pellicula)
History of changes
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