WoRMS name details

Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869)

214453  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214453)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869) Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details] 
Description Colour in life: one median and two lateral yellow longitudinal stripes along the aboral arm plates, separated by narrow...  
Description Colour in life: one median and two lateral yellow longitudinal stripes along the aboral arm plates, separated by narrow black lines. The general colour effect is dark purplish, arm spines somewhat reddish (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214453 on 2025-12-21
Date
action
by
2000-09-04 09:28:53Z
created
Garcia, Maria
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
checked

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869) Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: one median and two lateral yellow longitudinal stripes along the aboral arm plates, separated by narrow black lines. The general colour effect is dark purplish, arm spines somewhat reddish (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]

synonymy In Subgenus Ophiothrix [details]