Species Ophiopsammus angusta Vail & Rowe, 1989
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiopsammus angusta 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 [283-285, fig. 8(a-c)].
Type data:
Holotype AM E4693, E of Flinders Is., Bass Strait, TAS.
Paratype(s) AM E5025; AM E5376; AM E5946; NMV F52197 1 specimen, S. of Cape Nelson, Vic.
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [94-95] (as Pectinura dyscrita)
Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [42, 71] (as Pectinura dyscrita)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [401] (as Ophiopsammus angusta)
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