Australian Museum Journal The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea
- Shortform:
- Kingston, 1981, Rec. Aust. Mus. 33(3): 123–147
- Author(s):
- Kingston, Susan C.
- Year published:
- 1981
- Title:
- The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 123
- End page:
- 147
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.33.1980.277
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 17 February 1981
- Cover date:
- 31 July 1980
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ECHINODERMATA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY
- Digitized:
- 05 January 2009
- Available online:
- 02 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 277
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (113kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1936kb PDF)
Abstract
Thirty species of ophiuroids collected at the Swain Reefs, north-east of the Capricorn Channel near the southern limit of the Great Barrier Reef are discussed. The ophiocomid genus Ophiopsila Forbes is newly recorded for Australian waters with the description of a new species. In addition, there are six new species records for Australia and a further two species are newly reported for the Great Barrier Reef itself. Extensive colour notes for the living brittlestars are reported together with new extensions of species' ranges.