Species Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiocnemis venusta de Loriol, P. 1900. Notes pour servir à l'étude des Echinodermes. VIII. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 8: 55-96 pls 6-9 [81 pl. 8(2-3)].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH (depository uncertain), Singapore. - Ophiopsammium nudum Clark, H.L. 1923. The echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 13(7): 221-435 figs 1-4 pls 8-23 [341-342].
- Ophioteresis beauforti Engel, H. 1949. Ophioteresis beauforti nov. sp. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 28: 139-143, 1 pl. [Date published 31/12/1949] [140-143, figs 1-2].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, A.M. 1974. Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 26(6): 421-487 figs 1-16 tables 1-3 [469] (as Ophiothela nuda)
- Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [160-162, pl. 9(1-6), fig. 62(A-D)] (as Ophiothela venusta)
Generic Combinations
- Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, South Africa
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine.
General References
Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [141, fig. 120] (as Ophiothela nuda)
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. [84-85, pl. 14(6)] (as Ophiothela venusta)
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 [283] (as Ophiocnemis venusta)
Macnae, W. & Kalk, M. 1962. The fauna and flora of sand flats at Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Journal of Animal Ecology 31: 93-128, figs 1-5, tabs [114, 117] (as Ophiothela beauforti)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [420] (as Ophiothela venusta)
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |