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Echinoidea source details
Clark, A. M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. Rev. Zool. Afr. 94(3): 533-558.
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Clark, A. M.
1980
Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique
Rev. Zool. Afr.
94(3): 533-558
Publication
The collection comprises 27 species of ophiurids from Mahe and Praslin, Seychelles, and 16 species (some the same) from Inhaca, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique> Included are new records for Amphiura ambigua Koehler (found to be viviparous), ophiactis picteti (de Loriol), Ophiosphaera insignis Brock and Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman) from Mahe amd Ophiura kinbergi (Ljungman) from Inhaca. Comments are included on Ophiothrix (Keystonia) propinqua Lyman - transferred to the genus Macrophiothrix, some other anomalous specimens of Macrophiothrix, variations found in Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol) and O. tigris Lyman, a modification of certain podia in Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock) and the synonymy of paracrocnida sacensis (Balinsky) with P. oersica (Mortensen).
Date action by 2013-01-12 18:30:12Z created db_admin Description Disc scales naked except for the radial shields and a few scales around them. Radial shields five times as long as ... [details] Description Colour brownish-grey. Arms relatively longer, about 40 mm. Oral and aboral disc scales naked, peripherally with ... [details] Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, depth range 0-34 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also ... [details] Holotype Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town (Balinsky, 1957). [details] Remark In Subgenus (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843. Syntypes in ?Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands) (2 ... [details] Remark A.M. Clark (1970) place the species in the subgenus: (Fellaria). Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town. [details] synonymy Original combination of Paracrocnida sacensis [details] |