Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) crassispina Koehler, 1904
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix crassispina Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [147-148, pls 28(3-5), 29(1), 30(4)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2480 1 specimen, Saleh Bay, Sumbawa, Indonesia [8°19'S, 117°41'E]. - Ophiothrix cumulata 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 [220-225, pl. 50(2-8), 51(1-5), 52(1-2), 98(3)].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM E1052 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5212), NE of Masbate Island, Cataingan, Samar Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 198m [12°4.25'N, 124°4.6'E].
Paralectotype(s) USNM E21 4 specimens (Albatross stn 5212), NE of Masbate Island, Cataingan, Samar Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 198m [12°4.25'N, 124°4.6'E]; USNM 41068 20 specimens (Albatross stn 5212), NE of Masbate Island, Cataingan, Samar Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 198m [12°4.25'N, 124°4.6'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [441] (as Ophiothrix crassispina)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1967. Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9(106–8): 637-656 fig. 1 pls 10-11 [646] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) crassispina)
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 [280] (as Ophiothrix crassispina)
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 [218-220, pl. 49(1-6), 50(1), 52(3-5), 98(2)] (as Ophiothrix crassispina)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [421] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) crassispina)
History of changes
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