Species Ophiactis tricolor H.L. Clark, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiactis tricolor Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [427-429, fig. 126].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K213 (was E458), possibly Gulf St Vincent or Spencer Gulf, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA K214; MCZ 4627 3 specimens.
• Ophiactis laevis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [268-270].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 5055, Koombana Bay, Bunbury, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 5056 11 specimens; MCZ 5058 2 specimens; WAM Z1965 1 specimen (old number: 221-39), Koombana Bay, Bunbury, WA; WAM Z1966 1 specimen (old number: 222-39), Koombana Bay, Bunbury, WA; AM J6229 3 specimens, Bunbury, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [174-175] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [428, fig. 10:15d] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [262] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [208] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

Koehler, R. 1907. Ophiuroidea. pp. 241-254 figs 1-10 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 1 Part 4. [245] (as Ophiactis leutkeni)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [458] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [381] (as Ophiactis tricolor)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)