Species Amphiophiura distincta (Koehler, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophioglypha distincta Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [44-45, pl. 9(7-9)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP EcOs11297 1 specimen, Ile de la Sonde; ZMA E2036 1 specimen (Siboga stn 45), Flores Sea, south of Pelokang, 794m [7°24'S, 118°15.2'E]; ZMA E2037 4 specimens (Siboga stn 302), West Timor, Salut Roti, 216m [10°27.9'S, 123°28.7'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Amphiophiura distincta (Koehler, 1904).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

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 [314] (as Amphiophiura distincta)

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 [224-225] (as Amphiophiura distincta; 3 specimens)

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 [78] (as Amphiophiura distincta)

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 distincta)

 

History of changes

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