Species Ophiomusa luetkeni (Lyman, 1878)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiomusium lütkeni 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 [114, pl. 5(138-140)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (Challenger stn 192), Ki (Kei) Is, 239m [5°42'S, 132°25'E].
• Ophiomusium impurum Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [64, pl. 10 figs 8–10].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2038 3 specimens, Indonesia (Siboga expedition stn 65a), 120 m [7°0'S, 120°34'E]; ZMA E2039 3 specimens, Indonesia (Siboga expedition stn 256), 304 m [3°48.2'S, 132°13'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50 [46, fig. 21d-f]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiomusa luetkeni (Lyman, 1878). —
  O'Hara, T. D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A. F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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 [107] (as Ophiomusium lütkeni)

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 [330] (as Ophiomusium lütkeni)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [123] (as Ophiomusium lütkeni)

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [453] (as Ophiomusium luetkeni)

Guille, A. & Vadon, C. 1986. Ophiuridae de l'oceán Indien profund. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3: 167-188 [173-174] (as Ophiomusium luetkeni)

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 [239-240] (as Ophiomusium lütkeni; 2 specimens)

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 [91-92, pl. 1(16-18)] (as Ophiomusium lütkeni)

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 [290-291] (as Ophiomusium lütkeni)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	07-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED