WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Ophiura kermadecensis Benham, 1911) Benham, W. B. (1911). Stellerids and echinids from the Kermadec Islands. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 43: 140-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9782181 [details]
additional source
Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
source of synonymy
Baker, A. N. (1979). Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 6(1): 21-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1979.10428345 [details]
new combination reference
Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336 [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment McKnight (1968) used this name for some specimens that are actually Ophiura macracantha acc. to Baker (1979).
A. kermadecensis is a junior synonym of Ophiura (Dictenophiura) caledonica (T. O'Hara unpubl.) [details]
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