WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861) 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]
original description
(of Ophiothrix triloba von Martens, 1870) Martens, E. v. (1870). Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans. <em>Arch. für Naturgeschichte.</em> 36: 244-262., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7082127 [details]
original description
(of Ophiothrix schmidti Djakonov, 1930) Djakonov, A. M. (1930). Echiniden, Ophiuriden und Asteriden gesammelt von Prof. P.J. Schmidt bei den Riu-Kiu Inseln im Jahre 1926-1927. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 59, 233-252, pls 12, 13. [details]
original description
(of Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) westwardi Devaney, 1974) Devaney, D. M. (1974). Shallow-water asterozoans of Southeastern Polynesia II. Ophiuroidea. <em>Micronesica.</em> 10(1): 105-204. [details]
original description
(of Ophiothrix bedoti de Loriol, 1893) Loriol, P. de. (1893). Echinodermes de la Baie d'Amboine. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 1, 359-426, pls 13-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10088088 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source
Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) Zoologische Documentatie 19. 39 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [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]
From other sources
Description Description: arm length to 14 cm, disc diameter to 1 cm. Disc surface with or without scattered stumps, but lthe arge radial shields always bare. Aboral arm plates broader than long, distal side convex or straigth, laterodistal angles bent backwards, broadest at about the middle of the plate. Distal edge of oral arm plates straight. Arm spines as long as or slightly longer than bredth of the segment. Colour variable, from evenly dark bluish to banded orange and cream. Arms variegated or uniformly blue with darker bands of 3-4 segments. Habitat: in rock crevices and among coral.
Also distributed in Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth intertidal-80 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean (Richmond, 1998); East coast of Africa to western Pacific Ocean.
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 2399. Type locality: Kiribati (as Kingsmill Ils) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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