Species Ophiosphaera insignis Brock, 1888
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiosphaera insignis Brock, J. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 47: 465-539 [526].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMG 2 specimens (depository uncertain), Amboina, Indonesia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1972. Redescription et position systématique de l'Ophiure Ophiosphaera insignis Brock (Échinoderme). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3e serie 30(Zool 24): 279-282 [279-282, fig. 1] (as Ophiosphaera insignis; places it into the Ophiocomidae)
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [196-198, fig. 65(A-E)] (as Ophiosphaera insignis)
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. [82-83] (as Ophiosphaera insignis)
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 [287] (as Ophiosphaera insignis)
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 [125-128] (as Ophiosphaera insignis)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [382] (as Ophiosphaera insignis)
History of changes
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