Ophionereis australis (H.L. Clark, 1923) 
AphiaID: 213416

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophionereididae (Family) > Ophionereis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophionereis Lütken, 1859
Synonymised taxa		Ophiochiton australis H.L. Clark, 1923
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] original description (from synonym): Clark, H.L. 1923. Echinoderms from Lower California, with descriptions of new species: supplementary report. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 48(6), 147-163. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Distribution: Also distributed in Australia (Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). Ecology: benthic, continental shelf. General distribution: temperate, discontinuous (South Africa), depth range 44-100 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Description: Colour brownish with ringed radial shields. Aboral arm plates fan-shaped, distal edge convex and rounded. Oral shields rhomboidal. Adoral plates not contiguously in contact (Balinsky, 1957). [details] Type locality: Type locality: SE of Tugela River Mouth, South Africa, 86 m. Holotype in South Australian Museum, Adelaide (Australia) A.6430; paratype in South Australian Museum, Adelaide (Australia) (probable) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). In family 'Ophiochitonidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213416
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-04-17 19:03:52Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-29 13:20:33Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophionereis australis (H.L. Clark, 1923). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213416 on 2013-06-20