Species Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiomyces spathifer Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [47-48, pl. 14(386-388)].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH (Challenger stn 235), off Hamamatsu, 1050m [34°7'N, 138°0'E]. - Ophiotholia multispina Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [99-100, pl. 33(4-5)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2477 2 specimens (Siboga stn 302), West Timor, Salut Roti, 216m [10°27.9'S, 123°28.7'E]; ZMA E2473 3 specimens (Siboga stn 137), Moluccas, Channel between Makjan and Halmaheira, 877-472m [0°23.8'N, 127°29'E]; ZMA E2474 4 specimens (Siboga stn 159), Irian Jaya, eastern Halmahera Sea, 411m [0°59.1'S, 129°48.8'E]; ZMA E2475 1 specimen (Siboga stn 173), off eastern Seram, 567m [3°27'S, 131°0.5'E]; ZMA E2476 4 specimens (Siboga stn 212), off southern Sulawesi, west of Salayar Island, 462m [5°54.5'S, 120°19.2'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Litvinova, N.M. 1992. Revision of the genus Ophiotholia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71: 47-57 [50-53, figs 1,2,3] (as Ophiotholia multispina)
Generic Combinations
- Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
General References
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 [221] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)
Fujita, T., Ishida, Y. & Irimura, S. 1997. Ophiuroids collected from the deep waters of Suruga Bay, central Japan. National Science Museum (Tokyo) Monographs 12: 257-268, 1 pl [259] (as Ophiotholia spathifer)
Irimura, S. 1982. The Brittle-stars of Sagami Bay. Japan : Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household 95 pp, 15 pls. [21-22, fig. 12, pl. 1(5), 6(6)] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)
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 [240-241, pl. 19(10-12)] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)
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 [99] (as Ophiomyces spathifer)
McKnight, D.G. 1968. Some echinoids and ophiuroids from off Norfolk Island and from Wanganella Bank. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2: 204-213 figs 1-3 [210-212, fig. 3] (as Ophiotholia multispina; one specimen)
History of changes
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