Genus Ophioplocus Lyman, 1861
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophioplocus Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 75-86 [75].
Type species:
Ophiolepis imbricata Müller & Troschel, 1842 by original designation. - Ophioceramis Lyman, T. 1865. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1: 1-200 pls 1-2 [62].
Type species:
Ophiolepis januarii Lütken, 1856 by monotypy. - Ophioceres Koehler, R. 1922. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 8: 1-98 pls 76-90.
Type species:
Ophioceres incipiens Koehler, 1922 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thomas, L.P. 1975. The systematic relationships of Ophioplocus, Ophioceramis and Ophioceres (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science 25(2): 232–247 figs 1–3 [232-233] (as Ophioplocus)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southwest Transition (7)
General References
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 [20] (as Ophioplocus)
History of changes
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