Species Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiacantha stimulea Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 5(7): 65-168, pls 1-10 [141, pl. 9(225-228)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.26 1 specimen (Challenger stn 164b), off Port Jackson, 744-762m [34°14'S, 151°30'E]. - Ophiacantha abnormis 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 [59, pl. 15(411-413)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM E10584 3 specimens (Challenger stn 207), south of Sibuyan Is, 1302m [12°21'N, 122°15'E]; MCZ 1092 4 specimens (Challenger stn 207), south of Sibuyan Is, 1302m [12°21'N, 122°15'E]; MCZ 2179 2 specimens (Challenger stn 207), south of Sibuyan Is, 1302m [12°21'N, 122°15'E];
Status unknown, BMNH 1882.12.23.222 6 specimens (Challenger stn 207), south of Sibuyan Is, 1302m [12°21'N, 122°15'E]. - Ophiacantha gratiosa Koehler, R. 1897. Échinodermes recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 8(4): 277-372, pls 5-9 [346-348, pl. 8(60-61)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP EcOs20328 3 specimens (Investigator stn 136), Arabian Sea, 825m [15°41'N, 72°43'E]; BMNH 1898.7.11.13 1 specimen (Investigator stn 136), Arabian Sea, 825m [15°41'N, 72°43'E]; ZSI 6002/7 10 specimens (Investigator stn 136), Arabian Sea, 825m [15°41'N, 72°43'E]; ZSI 5170/7 1 specimen (Investigator stn 56), Between North and South Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands, 409-446m [12°N, 92°E]; ZSI 6003/7 5 specimens, Bay of Bengal, 358m; ZSI 6004/7 1 specimen, off South Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands, 446-539m [11°N, 92°E]. - Ophiacantha inutilis Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [111-112, pl. 21(6-8)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA E2345 2 specimens (Siboga stn 12), northern Bali Sea, 289m [7°15'S, 115°15.6'E]; ZMA E2346 1 specimen (Siboga stn 253), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 304m [5°48.2'S, 132°13'E]; ZMA E2347 1 specimen (Siboga stn 256), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 397m [5°26.6'S, 132°32.5'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [71-76, pl. 11(1-7), 95(1)] (as Ophiotreta gratiosa)
- O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141
Generic Combinations
- Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
General References
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 [208-209] (as Ophiacantha inutilis)
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 [195] (as Ophiacantha abnormis)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [41-42] (as Ophiacantha abnormis)
Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [427-429] (as Ophiotreta gratiosa)
Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., S 1991. Echinoderms from continental shelf and slope around Japan Vol. 2. Tokyo : Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association 203 pp. [130, fig. 53] (as Ophiotreta gratiosa)
Koehler, R. 1899. An account of the deep-sea Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. Calcutta : Indian Museum 76 pp., 14 pls. [56-58, pl. 8(68), 9(71-72)] (as Ophiacantha gratiosa)
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 [65-66] (as Ophiotreta gratiosa)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [179-180, fig. 81] (as Ophiotreta gratiosa)
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 [189-190, pl. 26(4-6)] (as Ophiacantha abnormis)
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 [117-118] (as Ophiacantha inutilis)
Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(1): 1-36 [3] (as Ophiacantha inutilis)
O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [60-62, fig. 4a-d, 17o] (as Ophiotreta stimulea)
Studer, T. 1882. Übersicht über die Ophiuriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–1876 gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1: 1-37, pls 1-3 [24] (as Ophiacantha stimulea)
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