Abstract
A new species of Amphilepis is described from several locations around New Zealand. It is distinguished from congeners by the combination of a lack of tentacle scales, separated dorsal and ventral arm plates, ventral interradial disc scaling and characteristic sharp appearance to the disc edge. This is the first record of Amphilepididae from New Zealand waters, and current evidence suggests that it occurs between 900 and 1500 m off eastern and western New Zealand.References
Bernasconi, I. & D’Agostino M.M. (1975) A new Argentine species of ophiuroid, Amphilepis sanmatiensis sp. nov. (Ophiuroidea, Amphilepididae). Physis, 34, 355–358.
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. (1978) Echinodermes: Ophiurides. La Faune de Madagascar, 48, 1–272.
Clark, A.M. (1970) Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, 19, 1–81.
Clark, H.L. (1911) North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75, 1–302.
D’yakonov, A.M. (1952) Issledovaniya dal’nevostocnykh morei, 3, 118. (In Russian).
D’yakonov, A.M. (1954) Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Moskva-Leningrad, USSR, 55, 1–136.
Fell, H.B. (1960) Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoological publications of the Victoria University of Wellington, 26, 1–44.
Hertz, M. (1926) Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, Zoologie, 11, 1–55.
Koehler, R. (1900) Échinides et Ophiures. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897–1899, Zoologie, 1, 1-40.
Koehler, R. (1904) Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expeditie, 29, 1–176, pls 1–36.
Koehler, R. (1908) Astéries, ophiures et échinides de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the S.Y. Scotia Zoology, 13, 193–313, 16 pls.
Koehler, R. (1922) Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Ophiurans of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 100, 1–486, pls 1–103.
Ljungman, A.V. (1865) Tillägg till kännedom af Skandinaviens Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 1863, 7, 359–370.
Ljungman, A.V. (1867) Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 1866, 9, 303–336.
Lyman, T. (1879) Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 6, 17–83, pls 11–19.
Madsen, F.J. (1967) Ophiuroidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929–1931, 9, 123–144, pl. 1.
Matsumoto, H. (1915) A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 67(1), 43–92.
Mortensen, T. (1927) Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Oxford University Press, London, 471 pp. 269 figures.
Mortensen, T. (1933a) Ophiuroidea. Danish Ingolf Expedition, 4 (8), 1–121, 3 pls.
Mortensen, T. (1933b) Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea: Ophiuroidea). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 93, 215–400, pls 8-19.
Paterson, G.L.J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 49, 1–162.
Smith, A.B., Paterson, G.L.J., & Lafay, B. (1995) Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114, 213–243.
Tommasi, L.R. (1976) Ophiuroidea collected in the Peru-Chile Trench by the USNS Eltanin during cruise III. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologica Sao Paulo, 29, 281–318.