Species Ophionereis novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1936
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophionereis novaezelandiae Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12: 199-348, 53 figs, 9 pls [299-301].
Type data:
Status unknown, Cook Strait, New Zealand [34°11'S, 172°10'E]. - Ophionereis terba 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 [158-161, fig. 30].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F45363, off Portland, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV not located 4 specimens; NMNZ 1881 2 specimens; NMNZ 3673.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [410] (as Ophionereis terba)
History of changes
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