Species Ophiopleura inermis (Lyman, 1878)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophioglypha inermis Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [95-96, pl. 5(123-125)].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 3 specimens (Challenger stn Tristan), Tristan d'Acunha, 930m.
Generic Combinations
- Ophiopleura inermis (Lyman, 1878).
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Antarctic, Arctic, North Atlantic, South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
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 [319] (as Ophiura aurantiaca)
Koehler, R. 1909. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht 'Princesse Alice'. Rés. Sci. campagnes du Prince de Monaco 34 [142] (as Ophiopleura aurantiaca)
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 [71-72, pl. 7(4-6)] (as Ophioglypha inermis)
Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878–79, and among the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartl. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(6): 227-287, pls 1-8 [240-241, pl. 4(34-36)] (as Ophioglypha aurantiaca)
Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research 4: 76-111 [82-83, fig. 3b] (as Ophiopleura inermis)
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 67(1): 43-92 [81] (as Ophiura inermis)
Mortensen, T. 1933. Ophiuroidea. Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4(8): 121pp. [92-94, fig. 50] (as Ophiopleura aurantiaca)
Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 49(1): 1-162, figs 1-59 [128, fig. 48] (as Ophiopleura inermis)
History of changes
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