Species Ophiomusa australe (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomusium simplex australe 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 [449, fig. 135] [as Ophiomusium simplex var. australe].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K256 (was E482), Spencer Gulf or Gulf St Vincent, SA. - Ophiomusium aporum 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 [447-449, fig. 134] [in part; paratype MCZ 4712 =Ophiomusium incertum Koehler, 1930].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K255 (was E481), Spencer Gulf or Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [30] (as Ophiomusium australe)
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
General References
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. 25-27] (as Ophiomusium australe)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [274-275] (as Ophiomusium simplex australe)
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] (as Ophiomusium australe)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [434] (as Ophiomusium australe)
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 | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |