Species Ophiomastus tegulitius Lyman, 1878
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomastus tegulitius Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [104-105, pl. 6(167-169)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.254, south of Wollongong, NSW [34°50'S, 155°28'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1882.12.23.253, 256.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
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 [308] (as Ophiomastus tegulitius)
Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 [31] (as Ophiomastus tegulitius)
Guozhen, L. 1987. Deep-sea ophiurans in the South China Sea. Nanhai Studia Marina Sinica 8: 143-153, pl. 1 [148-150, fig. 7, pl. 1(9)] (as Ophiomastus tegulitius)
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 [100-101, pl. 8(16-18)] (as Ophiomastus tegulitius)
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 [291] (as Ophiomastus tegulitius)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [433] (as Ophiomastus tegulitius)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |