Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) liodisca H.L. Clark, 1915

Compiler and date details

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

Ophiothrix liodisca 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 [273-274, pl. 12(3)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3800, southwestern reef, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, 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 (as Ophiothrix liodisca)

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] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) liodisca)

Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [110] (as Ophiothrix liodisca)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [232] (as Ophiotrichoides liodisca)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [422] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) liodisca)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED