WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
212321 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212321)
accepted
Species
Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942 · unaccepted
Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867 · unaccepted
Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867 · unaccepted
Ophiopeza dubiosa (de Loriol, 1893) · unaccepted
Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851) · unaccepted
Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, 1893 · unaccepted
Ophiopezella luetkeni de Loriol, 1893 · unaccepted
Ophiopezella spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867) Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
Description Description: arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 9 mm. Disc completely covered with granules, otherwise similar to O....
Description Description: arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 9 mm. Disc completely covered with granules, otherwise similar to O. fallax. Colour pale yellowish or brown; arms banded. Habitat: under rocks and coral rubble. General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii and SE Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-74 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998). According to A.M. Clark (1984) this species has only been recorded from the Mascarenes and Seychelles, but not East Africa.
Also recorded in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also recorded in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212321 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, 1893) Loriol, P. de. (1893). Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. <em>Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Gèneve.</em> 32(3), 1-63, pls 23-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36188778 [details]
original description (of Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867) Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
original description (of Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867) Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
original description (of Ophiopezella luetkeni 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]
original description (of Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942) Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow-water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 176, 1-63. [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867) Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
original description (of Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867) Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
original description (of Ophiopezella luetkeni 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]
original description (of Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942) Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow-water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 176, 1-63. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Liao, Yulin. (2004). Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. <em>Fauna Sinica.</em> 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing.
page(s): 341 [details]
page(s): 341 [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, H. L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 52: 107-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336873 [details]
additional source 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]
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]
additional source 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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype (of Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942) MCZ OPH-6668 [details]
Unreviewed
Description Description: arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 9 mm. Disc completely covered with granules, otherwise similar to O. fallax. Colour pale yellowish or brown; arms banded. Habitat: under rocks and coral rubble. General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii and SE Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-74 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998). According to A.M. Clark (1984) this species has only been recorded from the Mascarenes and Seychelles, but not East Africa.Also recorded in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Foa Is., Tonga (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) (from synonym Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851))
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiopeza dubiosa (de Loriol, 1893))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopeza fallax) (from synonym Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopeza spinosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-6668) (from synonym Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (51 records)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiopeza dubiosa (de Loriol, 1893))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopeza fallax) (from synonym Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopeza spinosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-6668) (from synonym Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (51 records)