Species Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiarthrum elegans Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Übersicht der von ihm an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. Bericht der Königlisch Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851: 463-466 [463].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB (depository uncertain), 'Querimba Inseln', off Mozambique [12°26'S, 40°37'E].
  Paratype(s) ZMH E.2071.
• Ophiarthrum elegans unicolor Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [208] [as Ophiarthrum elegans var. unicolor].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2 specimens (depository uncertain), near Lizard Is., QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [252]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA to Lady Elliott Is., Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-36 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 (Ophiarthrum elegans var. unicolor H.L. Clark, 1932 briefly considered to represent a new species before preferring to consider it a variety of Ophiarthrum elegans Lütken, 1869)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

 

History of changes

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