Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Museums

Regional Maps

Species Ophiomoeris obstricta (Lyman, 1878)


Compiler and date details

2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

  • Ophiomoeris obstricta (Lyman, 1878).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

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 [250-252, fig. 122] (as Ophiurases obstrictus)

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 [190] (as Ophiomoeris spinosa)

Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., S 1991. Echinoderms from continental shelf and slope around Japan Vol. 2. Tokyo : Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association 203 pp. [124, fig. 47] (as Ophiomoeris projecta)

Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [17] (as Ophiomoeris obstricta)

Koehler, R. 1922. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Ophiurans of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(5): 1-486, pls 1-103 [38-39, pl. 5(3-4)] (as Ophiomoeris obstricta)

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 [55-56] (as Ophiomoeris spinosa; many specimens)

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 [26-27, pl. 11(1-3)] (as Ophioceramis (?) obstricta)

Martynov, A.V. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1-154 [124, fig. 7g-h, 13k, 16q, 36e-h] (as Ophiomoeris obstricta)

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 [65] (as Ophiomoeris obstricta)

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 [140] (as Ophiomoeris obstricta)

McKnight, D.G. 1975. Some echinoderms from the northern Tasman Sea. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 2(5): 49-76 [70] (as Ophiomoeris projecta; tubercules present, dark purple stripe along arms, bifurcates over radial shields)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [174, 187] (as Ophiomoeris projecta)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013 MODIFIED