Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiomastix caryophyllata Lütken, 1869
212391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212391)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
Description Colour in life: the spiny disc white with large dark purple spots outlined with white, both basal and ventral arm plates...
Description Colour in life: the spiny disc white with large dark purple spots outlined with white, both basal and ventral arm plates with a distal V-shaped white band superimposed on dark purple, oral shields outlined white with a central labyrinthine purple design (Sloan et al., 1979).
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is.(Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is.(Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomastix caryophyllata Lütken, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212391 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
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2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Colour in life: the spiny disc white with large dark purple spots outlined with white, both basal and ventral arm plates with a distal V-shaped white band superimposed on dark purple, oral shields outlined white with a central labyrinthine purple design (Sloan et al., 1979).Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is.(Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) E.2085. Type locality: Fiji (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]