Species Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [69-71, pl. 6(16), 16(3-4)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA E2590 (designated by Devaney?), Pulu Sanguisiapo, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMA E2588, E2589, E2592 3 specimens, Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Devaney, D.M. 1978. A review of the genus Ophiomastix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). Micronesica 14(2): 273-359 figs 1-42 [345].
• Ophiomastix bispinosa Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [442-443, pl. 2(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM E694, Makema, Paumotu Ils, southwest Pacific Ocean.
• Ophiomastix notabilis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [337-338, fig. 27].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 5247, Cape Leveque, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [86-87,] (as Ophiomastix variabilis; also as Ophiomastix bispinosa H.L. Clark, 1917, in part)
• Devaney, D.M. 1978. A review of the genus Ophiomastix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). Micronesica 14(2): 273-359 figs 1-42 [341]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Yonge Reef to Lizard Is. and One Tree Is., Qld and Rowley Shoals to Cape Leveque, WA; east Indo-west-central Pacific, West Indian Ocean. Depth range 0-44 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [183-184, pl. 13(1-2)] (as Ophiomastix bispinosa)

Clark, A.H. 1954. Records of Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Pacific Science 8(3): 243-263 [261] (as Ophiomastix bispinosa)

Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [176, fig. 192] (as Ophiomastix variabilis)

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 [296] (as Ophiomastix variabilis)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [138] (as Ophiomastix bispinosa)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [250] (as Ophiomastix variabilis and Ophiomastix bispinosa)

Devaney, D.M. 1978. A review of the genus Ophiomastix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). Micronesica 14(2): 273-359 figs 1-42 [341-350, fig. 34-40] (as Ophiomastix variabilis)

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 [202-203] (as Ophiomastix variabilis)

Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [71] (as Ophiomastix variabilis)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [12] (as Ophiomastix bispinosa)

Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [197-198] (as Ophiomastix bispinosa)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [392] (as Ophiomastix variabilis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED