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Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816)


Compiler and date details

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

 

Generic Combinations

  • Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. 1965. Japanese and other ophiuroids from the collections of the Munich Museum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 13(2): 37-71, 6 figs 1 pl [62] (as Ophiothrix stabilis)

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, 109, fig. 23c, 35a] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris)

Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [257] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

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 [281] (as Ophiothrix melanogramma)

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 [114, pl. 16(8)] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [205] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [273-275] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

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 stelligera)

Fujita, T. 1998. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from Fukue Island off Kyushu, Western Japan, including three new records for Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 223-230 [224] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

Guille, A. & Jangoux, M. 1978. Astérides et Ophiurides littorales de la region d'Amboine (Indonésie). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris 54: 47-74 [61] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

Irimura, S. 1969. Supplemental report of Dr. Murakami's paper on the ophiurans of Amakusa, Kyushu. Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyusku University 2(1): 37-48 [43] (as Ophiothrix stabilis)

Irimura, S. 1982. The Brittle-stars of Sagami Bay. Japan : Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household 95 pp, 15 pls. [52-53, fig. 31, pl. 8(1s)] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [10] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [132] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [100] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [87-88] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

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 [267-277, pl. 53(1-5), 54(1-6), 55(1-4), 56(4-7), 102(2-3)] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

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 [150-151] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [246-247, fig. 130] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris)

Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [233-234, pl. 4(29-32)] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

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 stelligera)

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 [220] (as Ophiothrix stelligera)

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 ciliaris)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

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 [224] (as Ophiothrix stabilis)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [11] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris)

Murakami, S. 1944. Note on the ophiurans from Amakusa, Kyusyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(8): 259-280 5 fig 1 pl. [268] (as Ophiothrix stabilis)

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291, 12 figs, 1 tbl [288] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [421] (as Ophiothrix ciliaris (synonymises O. acestra H.L. Clark, 1909))

 

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