Species Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiopeza assimilis Bell, F.J. 1888. Descriptions of four new species of ophiurids. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888(2): 281-284 pl. 16 [282, pl. 16(5)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 86.6.9.23, Port Jackson, NSW. - Pectinura dyscrita Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(11): 519-564, pls 47-58 [534-535, pl. 49(5-7)].
Type data:
Lectotype AM J5849 1 specimen, off Wattamolla, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) MCZ 590. - Pectinura nigra 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 [344-345].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 5257, off Koombana Bay, Bunbury, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Vail, L.L. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Status of the genera Ophiopeza and Ophiopsammus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Australian waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(3): 267-288 figs 1-9 1 table [280]
Generic Combinations
- Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW to Eden NSW (TOH) and SA Gulf region (TOH) to Jurien Bay, WA; New Zealand. Depth range 0-594 m
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 52(7): 109-135 pl. 1 [118] (as Pectinura assimilis)
Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 132-173 fig. 1 pls 17-26 [152] (as Pectinura dyscrita)
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 [442-443] (as Pectinura assimilis)
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 [343] (as Pectinura assimilis)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [257] (as Pectinura assimilis)
Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [465] (as Ophiopsammus assimilis)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [401] (as Ophiopsammus assimilis)
Vail, L.L. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Status of the genera Ophiopeza and Ophiopsammus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Australian waters, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(3): 267-288 figs 1-9 1 table [280-283, fig. 7(a-c)] (as Ophiopsammus assimilis)
History of changes
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