Species Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiopeza yoldii Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1856(1–2): 1–26 [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, 'possibly the West Indies'.
• Ophiopeza conjungens Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117–177, 509–512, pls 8–17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881–2. [137].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (depository uncertain), Port Molle, Port Curtis, Port Denison and Thursday Ils, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 52(7): 109-135 pl. 1 [119] (as Pectinura yoldii)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16(7): 277-322 figs 1-10 pl. 1 [317, fig. 9a, b] (as Ophiopsammus yoldii)

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. 21(7-8)] (as Ophiopsammus yoldii)

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 [303] (as Pectinura yoldii)

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 [141] (as Pectinura yoldii)

Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [209] (as Pectinura yoldii)

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 [344] (as Pectinura yoldii)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [257-258] (as Pectinura yoldii)

Döderlein, L. 1896. Bericht über die von Herrn Prof. Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. Denkschriften der Gesellschaft, Jena 8: 301–322 pls 28–32 [281] (as Ophiopeza conjungens)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [130] (as Ophiopsammus yoldii)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [145] (as Ophiopsammus yoldi)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [12-13] (as Ophiopeza conjungens)

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 [338] (as Pectinura yoldii)

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 [270] (as Pectinura yoldii)

Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1996. Indian Ocean echinoderrms collected during the 'Sindbad' voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 62(2): 71-82 [79] (as Ophiopsammus yoldii)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [402] (as Ophiopsammus yoldii)

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 [277-278, fig. 5(a-b)] (as Ophiopsammus yoldii)

 

History of changes

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