Deep-Sea Echinoderms of New Zealand
Family Astroschematidae — Ophiocreas Lyman, 1879
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Family Astroschematidae
Ophiocreas Lyman, 1879
Ophiocreas longipes Mortensen
- Mortensen, Th. 1924. Vid. Medd. dansk naturh. For., 77, p. 102–4, Fig. 2 Pl. III
Material Examined: None.
Mortensen's unique holotype stems from 300 fathoms, off Three Kings Islands.
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Astrobrachion Doederlein. 1927, restr. Mortensen, 1933
Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar)
Material Examined: Nine specimens from deep water stations, also others from shelf stations (see Fell, 1952, p. 13). 216 fathoms, 20 miles west of Hokitika, H. Wellman, 4 specimens; 100 fathoms, off Mayor Island, 5 specimens.