WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627 page(s): 276 [details]
original description
(of Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up page(s): 215 [details]
basis of record
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]
Otheradditional 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 editor or global species database
Synonymy Thought to be a synonym of Ophidiaster pusillus Muller & Troschel, 1842 by Doderlein (1926) but a valid species according to H.L. Clark (1946). [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Seleo Island (Clark, 1954); east Indies, north australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-22 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype (probable) ?Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark). Type locality: Tonga, South Pacific (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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