Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1915
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix dyscrita 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 [271, pl.13(3)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3798, off southwestern reef, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
Known only from type locality.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
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 [109] (as Ophiothrix dyscrita)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [216] (as Ophiothrix dyscrita; considers specimen will prove to be young of some species of Macrophiothrix, since it is very small (dd =2 mm))
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [421] (as Ophiothrix dyscrita; according to A.K. Hoggett (pers. comm.) this is probably a juvenile of a species in Ophiothrix (Acanthophithrix))
History of changes
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