Species Ophionereis schayeri (Müller & Troschel, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiolepis schayeri Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1844. Beschreibung neuer Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10(1): 178-185 [182].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, TAS.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophionereis schayeri (Müller & Troschel, 1844).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [431, fig. 10:16c,d, 10:17a] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Benham, W.B. 1911. Stellerids and echinids from the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 43: 140–163 figs 1–23 [152] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [294] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

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 [289, pl. 13(1-2)] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [95] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

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 [435-436] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [321-322] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [238] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [41, 70, fig. 15] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

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 [202] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

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 [162] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [463] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [287] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91-177 figs 1-36 pls 3-4 [165, fig. 31] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [409] (as Ophionereis schayeri)

 

History of changes

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15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
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