Species Ophiomusa relicta (Koehler, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiomusium relictum Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [61-62, pl. 10(5-7)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2049 5 specimens (Siboga stn 156), Irian Jaya, eastern Halmahera Sea, east of Gag Is., 469m [0°29.2'S, 130°5.3'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiomusa relicta (Koehler, 1904). —
  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

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [64-65] (as Ophiomusium relictum)

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 [334] (as Ophiomusium relictum)

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 [105, pl. 8(15-16)] (as Ophiomusa relicta)

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 [416, pl. 91(6-8)] (as Ophiomusium relictum; 1 specimen)

Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [241-242] (as Ophiomusium relictum; 2 specimens)

 

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