Description

Material Examined. Bay of Islands. KAH 0907 / 164, NIWA 58372 (1). KAH 0907 / 195, NIWA 77668 (1). TAN 0906 / 2, NIWA 77672 (3). TAN 0906 / 3, NIWA 77673 (4). TAN 0906 / 21, NIWA 54706 (1). TAN 0906 / 30, NIWA 54832 (1). TAN 0906 / 60, NIWA 77644 (28). TAN 0906 / 81, NIWA 77663 (1); NIWA 55444 (1). TAN 0906 / 96, NIWA 77645 (38). TAN 0906 / 99, NIWA 55680 (10); NIWA 55682 (1); NIWA 55794 (3). TAN 0906 / 105, NIWA 77674 (2). TAN 0906 / 130, NIWA 56028 (6). TAN 0906 / 143, NIWA 77671 (2). TAN 0906 / 170, NIWA 77664 (2). TAN 0906 / 205, NIWA 57193 (4). TAN 0906 / 235, NIWA 77665 (1). East Coast North Island. TAN 1108 / 197, NIWA 77676 (4). TAN 1108 / 233, NIWA 63309 (8). TAN 1108 / 250, NIWA 75558 (1). TAN 1108 / 253, NIWA 77670 (5). TAN 1108 / 268, NIWA 77646 (9). TAN 1108 / 275, NIWA 77669 (1). Far North. TAN 0906 / 154, NIWA 77666 (1). TAN 0906 / 159, NIWA 77675 (2). TAN 0906 / 164, NIWA 77667 (1). Three Kings Islands. TAN 1105 / 35, NIWA 77643 (11). TAN 1105 / 42, NIWA 73197 (39). TAN 1105 / 69, NIWA 73497 (21). TAN 1105 / 70, NIWA 73577 (10). Comparative Material. Ophionereis novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1936: NZOI / B 41, 39 ° 12´S, 177 ° 8.1´E, 17 m, 2 / 9 / 1957, NIWA 43155 (1). Discovery / 934, North of New Zealand, 34 ° 11´S, 172 ° 10´E, 92 – 98 m, 17 / 8 / 1932, holotype of Ophionereis novae-zelandiae, BMNH 1936.12. 30.839 (1). MFG / 1, 45 Km SSW of Portland, 38 ° 40´S, 141 ° 20´E, 293 – 585 m, 14 / 5 / 1979, holotype of Ophionereis terba, MV F 45363 (1). BSS / 84 G, Western Bass Strait, 73 km W of Cape Farewell, King Island, 39 ° 34´S, 143 ° 6´E, 171 m, 11 / 10 / 1980, MV F 90465 (7). NZOI / P 6, Wanganella Ridge, 32 ° 36.8´S, 167 ° 30.6´E, 127 m, 25 / 1 / 1977, identified by McKnight (1993 a) as Ophionereis porrecta, NIWA 77754 (1). NZOI / T 228, 29 ° 16´S, 177 ° 59.1´W, 45 m, 22 / 3 / 1982, NIWA 77693 (6). SS 02 / 2007 / 4, Huon 200 m, 43 ° 58.701´S, 147 ° 32.299´E to 43 ° 58.34´S, 147 ° 31.943´E, 180 – 237 m, 29 / 3 / 2007, MV F 144841 (1). SS 04 / 04 / 72, Pieman Canyon, 41 ° 47.71´S, 144 ° 35.15´E, 174 m, 22 / 4 / 2004, MV F 101739 (50).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Ophiuroidea

Order: Amphilepidida

Family: Ophionereididae

Genus: Ophionereis

Species: Ophionereis novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1936