Genus Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiolepis Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1): 326-330 [328].

  Type species:

   Ophiura annulosa Blainville, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Lyman, T. 1865. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1: 1-200 pls 1-2.
• Ophiozona Lyman, T. 1865. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1: 1-200 pls 1-2.

  Type species:

   Ophiolepis impressa Lütken, 1859 by subsequent designation, see 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.
• Ophioelegans James, D.B. 1981. Studies on Indian echinoderms - 8 on a new genus Ophioelegans (Ophiuroidea: Ophiuridae) with notes on Ophiolepis superba H.L. Clark, 1938. Journal of the Marine Biology Association of India 23(1-2): 15-18.

  Type species:

   Ophiolepis cincta Müller & Troschel, 1842 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [18-19] (as Ophiolepis)

Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 67(1): 43-92 [82-83] (as Ophiozona)

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 [292-293, 298] (as Ophiozona)

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