Species Ophiomusa facunda (Koehler, 1922)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiomusium facundum 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 [398-403, pl. 89(1-2,5-6)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM 41360 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5378), Luzon Island, Mompog Passage, Pinamuntangan Point, North Pacific Ocean, 722m [13°17.75'N, 122°22'E].
  Paralectotype(s) USNM E58 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5623), SE of Halmahera Island, Makian Island, Molucca Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 497m [0°16.5'N, 127°30'E]; USNM 41357 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5373), Marinduque Island, 618m [13°40'N, 121°31.2'E]; USNM 41358 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5124), East of Mindoro Island, Maestre De Campo Island, North Pacific Ocean, 514m [12°52'N, 121°48.5'E]; USNM 41359 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5259), Panay Island, Tablas Strait, Caluya Island, North Pacific Ocean, 570m [11°57.5'N, 121°42.25'E]; USNM 41361 2 specimens (Albatross stn 5114), SW of Luzon Island, Balayan Bay, Sombrero Island, North Pacific Ocean, 622m [13°36.183'N, 120°45.433'E]; USNM 41362 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5282), Luzon Island, Verde Island Passage, Calatagan, North Pacific Ocean, 454m [13°53'N, 120°26.75'E]; USNM 41363 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5259), Panay Island, Tablas Strait, Caluya Island, North Pacific Ocean, 570m [11°57.5'N, 121°42.25'E]; USNM 41364 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5538), Between Negros And Siquijor Islands, Mindanao Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 468m [9°8.25'N, 123°23.333'E]; USNM 41365 4 specimens (Albatross stn 5527), Siquijor Island, Lomangcapan Point, Mindanao Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 717m [9°22.5'N, 123°42.667'E]; USNM 41366 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5202), Offshore of Leyte Island, Sogod Bay, North Pacific Ocean, 918m [10°12'N, 125°4.167'E]; USNM 41367 2 specimens (Albatross stn 5123), East of Mindoro Island, Pola Bay, North Pacific Ocean, 536m [13°12.75'N, 121°38.75'E].
• Ophiomusa facunda muta Hertz, M. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1. Chilophiurida Mats. (Ophiolepididae: Ophioleucidae: Ophiodermatidae: Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 22(3): 59–122 pls 6–9 [103, pl. 8(13-14)].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, ZMB (Valdivia stn 245), East Africa, 463-977m [5°27'S, 39°18'E]; ZMB (Valdivia stn 254), East Africa, 977m [0°29'S, 42°47'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiomusa facunda (Koehler, 1922). —
  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

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [451-453, pl. 9(54-55)] (as Ophiomusium facundum)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [295-296, fig. 166] (as Ophiomusium facundum)

 

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)
		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED