Tim O'Hara

Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Iles Saint- Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean

Timothy D O'hara, Ben Thuy

Journal article  |  2022  |  ZOOTAXA

The ophiuroid fauna of the le Amsterdam and le Saint-Paul territories (SPA) is reviewed. Four new species are described: Ophiolebe..

Habitats and benthic biodiversity across a tropical estuarine–marine gradient in the eastern Kimberley region of Australia

D Bearham, J Strzelecki, A Hara, A Hosie, L Kirkendale, Z Richards, JM Huisman, D Liu, J McLaughlin, KM Naughton, TD O'Hara, PM O'Loughlin, G Moore, J Fromont, C Whisson, M Bryce, S Morrison, O Gomez, Z Snedden, JK Keesing

Journal article  |  2022  |  Regional Studies in Marine Science

The Kimberley coast situated in north-western Australia has been recognised as one of the world's least human-impacted coastal are..

Relict from the Jurassic: new family of brittle-stars from a New Caledonian seamount

Timothy D O'Hara, Ben Thuy, Andrew F Hugall

Journal article  |  2021  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The deep-seafloor in the tropical Indo-Pacific harbours a rich and diverse benthic fauna with numerous palaeoendemics. Here, we de..

Deep-sea Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Danish Galathea II Expedition, 1950?52, with taxonomic revisions

Sabine Stohr, Timothy D O'hara

Journal article  |  2021  |  ZOOTAXA

The brittle star samples collected by the Danish cruise 'Galathea II' (1950-52) had not been studied completely. We examined the r..

Convergent Evolution and Structural Adaptation to the Deep Ocean in the Protein-Folding Chaperonin CCTα.

Alexandra A-T Weber, Andrew F Hugall, Timothy D O'Hara

Journal article  |  2020  |  Genome Biol Evol

The deep ocean is the largest biome on Earth and yet it is among the least studied environments of our planet. Life at great depth..

The lower bathyal and abyssal seafloor fauna of eastern Australia

TD O'Hara, A Williams, ST Ahyong, P Alderslade, T Alvestad, D Bray, I Burghardt, N Budaeva, F Criscione, AL Crowther, M Ekins, M Eléaume, CA Farrelly, JK Finn, MN Georgieva, A Graham, M Gomon, K Gowlett-Holmes, LM Gunton, A Hallan, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Marine Biodiversity Records

Background: Our knowledge of the benthic fauna at lower bathyal to abyssal (LBA, > 2000 m) depths off Eastern Australia was very l..

Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands

Pelayo Salinas-de-Leon, Patricia Marti-Puig, Salome Buglass, Camila Arnes-Urgelles, Etienne Rastoin-Laplane, Marie Creemers, Stephen Cairns, Charles Fisher, Timothy O'Hara, Bruce Ott, Nicole A Raineault, Henry Reiswig, Greg Rouse, Sonia Rowley, Timothy M Shank, Jenifer Suarez, Les Watling, Mary K Wicksten, Leigh Marsh

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

The deep sea represents the largest and least explored biome on the planet. Despite the iconic status of the Galapagos Islands and..

Deep-sea temperate-tropical faunal transition across uniform environmental gradients

Timothy D O'Hara, Alan Williams, Skipton NC Woolley, Amy W Nau, Nicholas J Bax

Journal article  |  2020  |  DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

The biogeography of the deep-sea benthic fauna is uncertain due to the vast size and incomplete exploration of these environments...

Unravelling the taxonomic identity of Ophiothela Verrill, 1867 (Ophiuroidea) along the Brazilian coast

Renata AS Alitto, Gabriela Granadier, Ana B Christensen, Timothy O'Hara, Maikon Di Domenico, Michela Borges

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Since 2012, when Ophiothela was first described in the Atlantic, there has been no consensus regarding its identification. It has ..

Regional-scale patterns of deep seafloor biodiversity for conservation assessment

Timothy D O'Hara, Alan Williams, Franziska Althaus, Andrew S Ross, Nicholas J Bax

Journal article  |  2020  |  DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Aim: Mining and petroleum industries are exploring for resources in deep seafloor environments. Lease areas are often spatially ag..