Species Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiacantha valenciennesi 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 [57-58, pl. 15(408-410)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.456 1 specimen (Challenger stn 192), Ki (Kei) Is, 239m [5°42'S, 132°25'E].
• Ophiacantha bisquamata Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 67(1): 43-92 [62-63].

 

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 [62]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Atlantic, East Pacific, Indo-Pacific, North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, West Atlantic

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [17] (as Ophiacantha bisquamata)

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 [206] (as Ophiacantha bisquamata)

Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [434] (as Ophiacantha valenciennesi)

Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [110-111] (as Ophiacantha valenciennesi)

Koehler, R. 1907. Ophiures. Expéditions Scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendent les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 7: 245-311 [292] (as Ophiacantha Valenciennesi)

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 [84, pl. 16(4), 93(6)] (as Ophiotreta valenciennesi)

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 [64-65] (as Ophiotreta bisquamata; one specimen, 5 mm d.d.)

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 [183-184, pl. 26(7-8)] (as Ophiacantha valenciennesi)

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 [120-122, fig. 31] (as Ophiacantha bisquamata)

Mortensen, T. 1933. Ophiuroidea. Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4(8): 121pp. [fig. 19b, 21i] (as Ophiotreta valenciennesi)

Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from on the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs [251] (as Ophiacantha bisquamata)

O'Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 193: 33-141 [62-63, fig. 5a-d, 17p] (as Ophiotreta valenciennesi)

 

History of changes

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