Species Ophiotreta matura (Koehler, 1904)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha matura Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [112-113, pl. 23(2-4)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2349 2 specimens (Siboga stn 256), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 397m [5°26.6'S, 132°32.5'E]. - Ophioprium kapalae Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [38-39, figs 6g-m].
Type data:
Holotype AM J10106, off Broken Bay, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM J10107; NMNZ Ech.1876 2 specimens.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [59]
Generic Combinations
- Ophiotreta matura (Koehler, 1904).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Africa, South Pacific
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Ecological Descriptors
Abyssal plain, benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1977. South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. 4 Echinoderms. Annals of the South African Museum 73(6): 133-147 [141] (as Ophiotreta matura)
Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [121] (as Ophiotreta matura)
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 [207] (as Ophiacantha matura)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [53-54] (as Ophiotreta matura)
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 [76-81, pl. 12(1-6), 13(1-5), 14(1-5), 15(1-3), 95(2)] (as Ophiotreta matura)
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 [66] (as Ophiotreta matura)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [59-60, fig. 4h-l, 17r] (as Ophiotreta matura)
Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 49(1): 1-162, figs 1-59 [56] (as Ophiotreta kapalae)
History of changes
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