WoRMS taxon details
Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888
212334 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212334)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brock, J. (1888). Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 47, 465-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49595476 [details]
Taxonomy Cherbonnier & Guille (1978) regard O. modesta as a colour variant of O. savignyi.
Description Description: disc scales with scattered pointed spinelets; single thick oral papilla, no infradental papilla; variation in...
Taxonomy Cherbonnier & Guille (1978) regard O. modesta as a colour variant of O. savignyi. [details]
Description Description: disc scales with scattered pointed spinelets; single thick oral papilla, no infradental papilla; variation in...
Description Description: disc scales with scattered pointed spinelets; single thick oral papilla, no infradental papilla; variation in the structure of the adoral shields; dorsal arm plates broader than long, distal edge concave; five pointed arm spines (some variation in the number of arm spines), uppermost or the next the longest (Sastry, 1995).
Colour: O. modesta is easily mistaken in the field for O. savignyi, but its green is more bluish than that of the latter species. A pair of white spots near the distal margin of each dorsal arm plate (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); India (West Bengal), Andamans and Tamil Nadu (Sastry, 1995).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also West India adn Pakistan); Arabian Sea to Hawaiian Is. (Sastry, 1995); tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also West India and Pakistan) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Colour: O. modesta is easily mistaken in the field for O. savignyi, but its green is more bluish than that of the latter species. A pair of white spots near the distal margin of each dorsal arm plate (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); India (West Bengal), Andamans and Tamil Nadu (Sastry, 1995).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also West India adn Pakistan); Arabian Sea to Hawaiian Is. (Sastry, 1995); tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also West India and Pakistan) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212334 on 2024-12-21
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original description
Brock, J. (1888). Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 47, 465-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49595476 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Clark, A. M. (1982). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 485-501. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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status source Hoareau, T. B.; Boissin, E. (2010). Design of phylum-specific hybrid primers for DNA barcoding: addressing the need for efficient COI amplification in the Echinodermata. <em>Molecular Ecology Resources.</em> 10(6): 960-967., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02848.x [details]
status source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Clark, A. M. (1982). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 485-501. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Hoareau, T. B.; Boissin, E. (2010). Design of phylum-specific hybrid primers for DNA barcoding: addressing the need for efficient COI amplification in the Echinodermata. <em>Molecular Ecology Resources.</em> 10(6): 960-967., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02848.x [details]
status source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Cherbonnier & Guille (1978) regard O. modesta as a colour variant of O. savignyi. [details]Unreviewed
Description Description: disc scales with scattered pointed spinelets; single thick oral papilla, no infradental papilla; variation in the structure of the adoral shields; dorsal arm plates broader than long, distal edge concave; five pointed arm spines (some variation in the number of arm spines), uppermost or the next the longest (Sastry, 1995).Colour: O. modesta is easily mistaken in the field for O. savignyi, but its green is more bluish than that of the latter species. A pair of white spots near the distal margin of each dorsal arm plate (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); India (West Bengal), Andamans and Tamil Nadu (Sastry, 1995).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also West India adn Pakistan); Arabian Sea to Hawaiian Is. (Sastry, 1995); tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also West India and Pakistan) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Syntypes ?Zoologisches Museum, Göttingen (Germany) (3 specimens).Type locality: Amboina, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family 'amphiuridae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
