Species Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiacantha relicta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [106-107, pl. 17(4-6)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2351-E2359 40 specimens, Indo-Malayan Region (9 Siboga stations).
• Ophiacantha oedidisca Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [219-221, fig. 101].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25731, off southern Japan [32°36'18"N, 132°23'12"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [124-127, pl. 9(1-4), 95(3)] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Africa, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [39, fig. 5a-b] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

Clark, A.M. 1977. South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. 4 Echinoderms. Annals of the South African Museum 73(6): 133-147 [140] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

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 [203] (as Ophiacantha oedidisca)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [54-55] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [106] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [11] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [174, 187] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [375] (as Ophiophthalmus relictus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)