Deep-Sea Echinoderms of New Zealand

Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867 — Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén

Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867

Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén

  • Gislén. T., 1926. Göteobrg Kgl. Vetensk. Handl. 4, 30.

Material Examined: One specimen from Station NP 6, 124 fathoms, Bay of Plenty.

The species has also been taken from shelf localities in Cook Strait, 40–50 fathoms (Mortensen, 1936, p. 288 and Fell, 1952, p. 23).