World Register of Deep-Sea species

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Name

Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33.

SourceID

6248

Type

Publication

IMIS-ID

2732

Abstract

Description of 40 Ophiuroids species from Inhaca Island, with a key to the families found on Inhaca and ecological notes.

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Amphiura (Amphiura) angularis Lyman, 1879 (additional source)
Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887) (additional source)

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura (Amphiura) angularis Lyman, 1879
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Description

for Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915

Colour in life: brown or red cross-bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957). Also distributed in Australia (Kalk ... [details]

Description

for Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938

Colour in life: disc black with narrow white bands across the arms. Oral arm plates brownish (Balinsky, ... [details]

Description

for Ophiotrichoides propinqua (Lyman, 1861)

Description: disc colour greenish, yellowish or brownish, variegated with white. Disc scales bare in young ... [details]

Description

for Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887)

Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with ... [details]

Description

for Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905)

Description: colour brownish, with a light line along the aboral side of the arm. Habitat: Cymodocea beds ... [details]

Description

for Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869)

Colour in life: one median and two lateral yellow longitudinal stripes along the aboral arm plates, separated by ... [details]

Habitat

for Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933

commensal of some Echinodiscus (Balinsky, 1957). [details]

Holotype

for Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 3758, paratypes Museum ... [details]

Holotype

for Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvatd University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 5247. Type locality: ... [details]

synonymy

for Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887)

Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]

synonymy

for Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905)

Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]

synonymy

for Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869)

In Subgenus Ophiothrix [details]

Type locality

for Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933

Polana Beach, Inhaca (Mozambique) (Balinsky, 1957). [details]