WoRMS name details
Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861
212421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212421)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1861). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist.</em> 8: 75-86., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492489 [details]
Holotype MCZ OPH-2399
Holotype MCZ OPH-2399 [details]
Description Colour in life: Very variable as noted by Balinsky (1957), but overall dark blueish with darker arm banding (Sloan et al.,...
Description Colour in life: Very variable as noted by Balinsky (1957), but overall dark blueish with darker arm banding (Sloan et al., 1979).
Also distributed in Tuamotus, Gilbert Islands, Canton Island (Clark,1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Also distributed in Tuamotus, Gilbert Islands, Canton Island (Clark,1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212421 on 2024-04-19
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2000-09-22 07:17:05Z
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Garcia, Maria
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original description
Lyman, T. (1861). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist.</em> 8: 75-86., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492489 [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. <em>Rev. Zool. Afr.</em> 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. <em>Rev. Zool. Afr.</em> 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MCZ OPH-2399 [details]
From other sources
Description Colour in life: Very variable as noted by Balinsky (1957), but overall dark blueish with darker arm banding (Sloan et al., 1979).Also distributed in Tuamotus, Gilbert Islands, Canton Island (Clark,1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Remark In Subgenus: (Keystonea) A.M. Clark, 1967 Sloan et al., 1979.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 2399. Type locality: Kiribati (as Kingsmills Is) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
