Species Ophiomusa granosa (Lyman, 1878)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiomusium granosum Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [118, pl. 1(12-13)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (Challenger stn 237), off SE Japan, 3487m [34°37'N, 140°32'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiomusa granosa (Lyman, 1878). —
  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

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [330] (as Ophiomusium granosum)

Litvinova, N.M. 1981. Brittle-stars (Ophiuroidea). Academy of Science of the USSR. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology pp. 113-131. [123] (as Ophiomusium granosum)

Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [96, pl. 1(10-11)] (as Ophiomusium granosum)

Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [289] (as Ophiomusium granosum)

 

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