Species Ophiomusa anisacantha (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomusium anisacanthum Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [446-447, fig. 133].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K254 (was E480), Spencer Gulf or Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA K1388; MCZ 4711.
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South Pacific
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [31] (as Ophiomusium anisacanthum)
Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [158, fig. 22-24] (as Ophiomusium anisacanthum)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [274] (as Ophiomusium anisacanthum)
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 [292-293] (as Ophiomusium anisacanthum)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [433] (as Ophiomusium anisacanthum)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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15-Sep-2023 | ECHINODERMATA | 07-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | Nish Nizar (NMV) |
15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |