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

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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

• Ophiomusa australe (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, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	07-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)