WoRMS name details
original description
(of Ophionephthys tenuis H.L. Clark, 1938) Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
basis of record
Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
source of synonymy
Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Description Description: disc almost naked with only 2-3 rows of narrow scales around the very long radial shields; one infradental and one lateral distal papilla separated from the former by a wide gap on each side of the jaw; dorasal arm plates almost conical; up to six arm spines basally, reduced to three distally, the middle one with strong lateral denticles; no tentacle scales (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: burrows deep into the hard mud (Sastry, 1995).
Also distributed in W India and north of Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (West Bengal) (Sastry, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indian Ocean (Indo-Malayan Region), depth range 0-12 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Persian Gulf to Australia (Sastry, 1995). [details]
Remark In subgenus (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1845. Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 4963, paraypes Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 4964-4965 (38 specimens), Natural History Museum, London (England), Australian Museum, Sydeny (Australia) No. J6231. Type locality: Broome, Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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