Species Ophiomusa anisacantha (H.L. Clark, 1928)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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

• Ophiomusa anisacanthum (H.L. Clark, 1928). —
  O'Hara, T. D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A. F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	07-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED