Species Ophiomitrella polyacantha (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomitra polyacantha Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [187-188, fig. 86].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 25631 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4936), Kyushu Is, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188m [30°54.7'N, 130°37.5'E].
Paratype(s) MCZ 3233 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4936), Kyushu Is, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188m [30°54.7'N, 130°37.5'E]; USNM 26909 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4936), Kyushu Is, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 188m [30°54.7'N, 130°37.5'E].
Generic Combinations
- Ophiomitrella polyacantha (H.L. Clark, 1911).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, North Pacific
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, 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 [211] (as Ophioplinthaca polyacantha)
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 [106] (as Ophiomitrella polyacantha)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [97-98, fig. 10n-q] (as Ophiomitrella polyacantha)
History of changes
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