Astroth rombus rugosus clark, new to New Zealand, with notes on opuiocekes hurrom (farquhar), hfmilepis norm (Benham), and ophiuro glyph a irrorata (Lyman) (Ech1Nodermata: Ophiuroidea)

Abstract

Astrothrombus rugosus (Clark), hitherto known only from eastern Australia, is recorded here from off Kaikoura. Hemilepis abernethyi (Fell) and Ophioceres marginata (Fell) are here regarded as junior subjective synonyms of Hemilepis norae (Benham) and Ophioceres huttoni (Farquhar) respectively. Some New Zealand specimens of the cosmopolitan species Ophiuroglypha irrorata (Lyman) differ in some respects from the “typical” form; they may prove to represent a new species. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.