Species Ophiolebes yaldwyni (Fell, 1958)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiacantha yaldwyni Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 [23, pl. 4(F,H,I)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Cook Strait, New Zealand.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiolebes yaldwyni (Fell, 1958). —
  O'Hara, T. D. & Thuy, B. 2022. Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5124(1): 1-49

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Ophiacantha yaldwini Fell, 1958 [misspelling]. —
  Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [173] (as Ophiacantha yaldwyni)

O'Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(2): 287-305, 2 figs [296] (as Ophiacantha yaldwyni)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [373] (as Ophiacantha yaldwyni)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	08-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED