Ophidiaster confertus H.L. Clark, 1916

Scientific name: Ophidiaster confertus
  • Author(s)
    Jen Cork
  • Updated
    18/12/20
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J4737 Opidiaster confertus Click to enlarge image
J4737 Opidiaster confertus Image: Stephen Keeble
© Australian Museum

Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Ophidiaster
    Species
    confertus
  • Size Range
    Width 180mm

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.

J4737 Opidiaster confertus

Ophidiaster confertus

Image: Stephen Keeble
© Australian Museum

Links for further information:

Atlas of Living Australia

World Register of Marine Species

Additional references:

Clark (1946); Rowe (1989).