Species Ophioplocus imbricatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiolepis imbricata Desjardins, J. in Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [93].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB, Mauritius (as 'Isle de France') and Timor, Indonesia; RMNH, Mauritius (as 'Isle de France') and Timor, Indonesia; MNHP, Mauritius (as 'Isle de France') and Timor, Indonesia. - Ophioplocus tessellatus Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 75-86 [76].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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, pl. 37(10-12)] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Africa, South Pacific
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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southwest Transition (7)
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. [239-242, fig. 77(A-F)] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [68] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Clark, A.H. 1952. Echinoderms from the Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102: 265-303 [298] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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, pl. 22(1)] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Clark, H.L. 1908. Some Japanese and East Indian echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 51(11): 279–311 [289] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [30] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [344] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [143, pl. 12(8), 35(1-3)] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [453] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [365-366] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [275] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Guille, A. & Jangoux, M. 1978. Astérides et Ophiurides littorales de la region d'Amboine (Indonésie). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris 54: 47-74 [70-71] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [20-21] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [18-19] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [435-436] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Koehler, R. 1922. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 8: 1-98 pls 76-90 [pl. 84(12)] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [261-262] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [298-299, fig. 169] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [301-302, fig. 83] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
McKnight, D.G. 1967. Some asterozoans from Norfolk Island. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1(3): 324-326 [325] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [183] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [435] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Sloan, N.A., Clark, A.M. & Taylor, J.D. 1979. The echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 37(2): 81-128 figs 1-22 [117] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
Stöhr, S., Conand, C. & Boissin, E. 2008. Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from La Reunion and the systematic position of Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(3): 545-560 [553, fig. 5j-k] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
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 [235-236, fig. 2a] (as Ophioplocus imbricatus)
History of changes
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