WoRMS name details
Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879
213396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213396)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Martens, E. von. (1879). [Vorzeigung eines] eigenthümlichen sechsarmigen Schlangensterns, Ophiothela dividua, sp. n. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1879: 127-130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795615 [details]
Description Description: disc colour of the dried specimens blue variegated with whitish, with conspicuous blue lines across the outer...
Description Description: disc colour of the dried specimens blue variegated with whitish, with conspicuous blue lines across the outer ends of the radial shields and at intervals across the arm. Disc scales covered by thick skin, with many small granules and scattered larger ones. Central part of the disc with several short, blunt spines. Six arms covered by many granules basally, distally the granules form regular transverse rows, a larger central granule on each segment. Habitat: coral reef, in about 30 ft. of water (Balinsky, 1957). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213396 on 2024-04-20
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original description
Martens, E. von. (1879). [Vorzeigung eines] eigenthümlichen sechsarmigen Schlangensterns, Ophiothela dividua, sp. n. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1879: 127-130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795615 [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Description: disc colour of the dried specimens blue variegated with whitish, with conspicuous blue lines across the outer ends of the radial shields and at intervals across the arm. Disc scales covered by thick skin, with many small granules and scattered larger ones. Central part of the disc with several short, blunt spines. Six arms covered by many granules basally, distally the granules form regular transverse rows, a larger central granule on each segment. Habitat: coral reef, in about 30 ft. of water (Balinsky, 1957). [details]Remark 11 syntypes (alcohol), Algoa Bay : IG 6752, Institut Royal de Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Bruxelles (Belgium).
Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
According to A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976); Ophiothela dividua could be a synonym of O. danae Verrill. [details]
