Species Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, A.V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 303-336 [305].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM Type-1424 3 syntypes, Tonga.
• Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, P. 1893. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Île Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. Supplement. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 32(3): 1-64 pls 23-25 [7, pl. 23(2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH, Mauritius (as 'lîle Maurice').
• Ophiopezella luetkeni de Loriol, P. 1893. Echinodermes de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 359-426 pls 13-15 [392 pl. 13(1-1e)] [as Ophiopezella Lutkeni].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH, Amboina, Indonesia.
• Distichophis clarki Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 176: 1-163 [46-48, fig. 12].

 

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 [273-275, fig. 3(a-b)] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)
• Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [285-286, fig. 159] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [227-228, pl. 17(3-4)] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [54] (as Distichophis clarki)

Clark, A.H. 1952. Echinoderms from the Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102: 265-303 [298] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [90-91] (as Ophiopeza dubiosa)

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 [120] (as Ophiopezella dubiosa)

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 [304] (as Ophiopezella dubiosa)

Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [445] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [141, pl. 12(2)] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [258-259] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [130] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [145] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [59] (as Pectinura arenosa)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [13-14] (as Ophiopezella lütkeni)

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 [338-339] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

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 [271] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr. A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 28(6): 615-658 [639] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [221] (as Pectinura spinosa)

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 [17] (as Pectinura spinosa)

Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [71] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp. [62] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [186-187] (as Ophiopezella spinosa)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [400-401] (as Ophiopeza spinosa)

 

History of changes

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