Ophidiaster confertus H.L. Clark, 1916
Identification:
Five elongate, flexible and cylindrical, arms which taper distally to a blunt tip. Aboral surface divided by plates, orange.
Distribution:
Inshore, subtropical and temperate areas including Norfolk Island; southern Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Qld to Shellharbour and Lord Howe Island, NSW; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-50 m
Australian Museum registration database records for the Sydney region:
Long Reef; Port Jackson (Vaucluse Bay); Little Bay. Depth range 0-11 m.
Taxonomic information - synonyms and type material:
Ophidiaster confertus Clark, 1916: 53, pl. 15(1-2).
Type data: holotype AM J11, paratype(s) MCZ 2 specimens.
Type locality: Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea.
Links for further information:
World Register of Marine Species
Additional references:
Clark (1946); Rowe (1989).