Ophiuroidea name details
Ophioconus cupida
213458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213458)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
Ophioconus accepted as Ophioconis Lütken, 1869
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioconis cupida Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 45b, 1-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12109322 [details]
Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark &...
Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, west-central Pacific (and western Indian Ocean), depth range 10-600 m (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, west-central Pacific (and western Indian Ocean), depth range 10-600 m (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioconus cupida. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213458 on 2026-01-20
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2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
original description
(of Ophioconis cupida Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 45b, 1-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12109322 [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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Ophioconis in Clark & Rowe (1971), which is the correct original spelling.Syntypes (6 specimens) in ?Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Type locality: Moluccas and Sulu Archipelago, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, west-central Pacific (and western Indian Ocean), depth range 10-600 m (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]