WoRMS taxon details
Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905)
AphiaID: 213447
AphiaID: 213447
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Ophiocentrus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ophiocentrotus dilatatus (Koehler, 1905) (misspelling) Ophiocentrus dilatatus (Koehler, 1905) Ophiocnida dilatata Koehler, 1905 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expeditie, 45b. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Description: arm length to 40 mm, disc diameter to 8 mm. Disc scales bearing granules. Disc variable in colour from mottled pale green and cream to violet and orange. Arms pale orange, banded with darker orange. Seven arm spines. Habitat: diverse reef substrates. General distribution: tropical, Indo-Malayan Region, Philippines, Indian Ocean, depth range 5-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); W Indian Ocean and Red Sea (Richmond, 1998). Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Spelling: O. dilatatus in Clark & Rowe (1971) and McNae & Kalk (1958). Holotype (probable) ?Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Type locality: Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru Ils, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213447 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213447 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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