Species Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867

<i>Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea</i> von Martens, 1867

Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867

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Species Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867

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2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Ophiothrix purpurea von Martens, E. 1867. Über vier neue Schlangensterne, Ophiuren, des Kgl. zoologischen Museums vor. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 345-348 [346].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (status and whereabouts undetermined), Amboina, Indonesia.
Ophiothrix fallax de Loriol, P. 1893. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Île Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. Supplement. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 32(3): 1-64 pls 23-25 [47 pl. 25(2)].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH (depository uncertain), Mauritius.
Ophiothrix lorioli Döderlein, L. 1896. Bericht über die von Herrn Prof. Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Ophiuroidea. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 279-300, pls 14-18 [297, pls 14(13a), 17(24a)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Amboina, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [112]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.

General References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [148-149, pl. 4(5-6), fig. 61(5-6)] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

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. [86-87, 112 (in part), fig. 35d, 36a-b, pl. 15(4,11)] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

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 [277] (as Ophiothrix purpurea)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [86-87] (as Placophiothrix purpurea)

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 [127] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [446, pl. 6(36-37)] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea; One specimen corresponds to O. lepidus)

Guille, A. & Jangoux, M. 1978. Astérides et Ophiurides littorales de la region d'Amboine (Indonésie). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris 54: 47-74 [62] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans of Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26(1/3): 15-49, pl. 1 [32] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [11] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [103] (as Ophiothrix lorioli)

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 [261-262, pl. 58(3-4), 101(6)] (as Ophiothrix purpurea)

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 [148-149] (as Ophiothrix purpurea)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [241] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

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 [54] (as Ophiothrix purpurea)

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 [223] (as Ophiothrix purpurea)

Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [71] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp. [61] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [12] (as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea)