Species Amphiophiura insolita (Koehler, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophioglypha insolita Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [47-48, pl. 7(4-6)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2401, E2402 5 specimens, Batjan, Ceram Sea and Banda Sea, Indonesia.
• Ophiura monaria Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [55-57, fig. 18].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM E.7111, south of eastern Oahu, Hawaiian Ils [21°12'N, 157°38'18"W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [25]

 

Generic Combinations

• Amphiophiura insolita (Koehler, 1904).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [25] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

Clark, H.L. 1908. Some Japanese and East Indian echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 51(11): 279–311 [295] (as Ophioglypha insolita)

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 [315] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

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 [362-363, pl. 84(8-9)] (as Amphiophiura insolita; 2 specimens)

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 [225] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

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 [77] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

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 [261] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Some echinoderm records from the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean. DMFS Reports 3: 19-30 [27] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [175, 188] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [429] (as Amphiophiura insolita)

Vadon, C. & Guille, A. 1984. Les Ophiuridae (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) de la campagne MD 32 du 'Marion-Dufresne' autour de l'île de La Réunion. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] section A 6(3): 583-615 [584] (as Amphiophiura paupera)

 

History of changes

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