Species Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [44-45, pl. 14(380-382)].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) MCZ 164 3 specimens (Challenger stn 150), Kerguelen, 279m [52°4'S, 71°22'E]; MCZ 165 1 specimen (Challenger stn 147), Marion Island, 2976m [46°16'S, 48°27'E]; BMNH (Challenger stn 146), Marion Is, 2557m [46°46'S, 45°31'E]; MCZ 239 2 specimens (Challenger stn 147), Marion Island, 2976m [46°16'S, 48°27'E];
  Status unknown, BMNH (Challenger stn 150), Kerguelen, 279m [52°4'S, 71°22'E].
• Ophiocantha polaris Koehler, R. 1901. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897–1898–1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Rapports scientifiques. Zoologie. Echinides et ophiures. Anvers : J.-E. Buschmann 42 pp, 8 pls. [32-33, pl. 3(19-21)].
• Toporkovia fragilis D'yakonov, A.M. 1954. Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Moskva-Leningrad, USSR : Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik Vol. 55 136 pp, 47 figs. [119-120, fig. 47].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hertz, M. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 19(Zool. 2): 1-56 figs 1-10 pls 1-9 [40-41] (as Ophioconis antarctica)
• Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1 Ophiuroidea. Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 18: 9-79, 8 figs, 19 pls [43-44, fig. 5, pl. 16(1), 17(1), 18(1)] (as Toporkovia antarctica)

 

Generic Combinations

• Toporkovia antarctica (Lyman, 1879).
• Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Antarctic, Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Africa, South America, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southern Province (8)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. 1977. Some deep-sea Ophiuroidea from New Zealand. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 1(10): 149-160 [159-160] (as Toporkovia antarctica)

Bell, F.J. 1908. Echinodermata. 1-16, 5 pls in National Antarctic Expedition 1901-4. Natural History. Vol. 4. [14] (as Ophioconis antarctica)

Belyaev, G.M. & Ivanov, B.G. 1961. On the bipolarity of ophiuroids of the genus Toporkovia Djakanov. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 40: 1258-60, 1 map [1258] (as Toporkovia antarctica fragilis)

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 [207] (as Ophiacantha polaris)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [54] (as Ophiolimna antarctica)

D'yakonov, A.M. 1954. Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Moskva-Leningrad, USSR : Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik Vol. 55 136 pp, 47 figs. [24-25] (as Ophiolimna papillata)

Guille, A. 1982. A new genus and species of ophiacanthid brittlestar (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Kerguelen Islands. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 16: 67-87, 8 figs, 4 tbls [Table 1] (as Toporkovia antarctica)

Irimura, S., Kubodera, T. & Ishida, Y. 1995. Catalogue of the specimens of the class Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) donated by Dr. Seiichi Irimura in the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Tokyo : National Science Museum 181 pp. [122] (as Toporkovia fragilis)

Koehler, R. 1912. Échinodermes (Astéries, Ophiures et Échinides). 272 pp, 16 pls in Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908–10). Paris. [137-138] (as Ophiacantha polaris)

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 [107-108, pl. 23(1-3)] (as Ophioconis antarctica)

Madsen, F.J. 1967. Ophiuroidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 9: 123-144, figs 1-8, pl. 1 [127] (as Toporkovia antarctica)

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 [85] (as Ophiolimna antarctica)

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 [pl. 3(6)] (as Ophiolimna papillata)

Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12: 199-348, 53 figs, 9 pls [254] (as Ophiacantha antarctica)

O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [65-67, fig. 6k-n] (as Ophiolimna antarctica)

 

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