Ophiuroidea taxon details
original description
Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]
From other sources
Description Colour in life: disc blood-red with radial shields the same colour, arms basically blood-red with a lighter pattern distally, also with pale transverse bands superimposed on this distal linear pattern, ventrally the arms paler, oral shields not white, but with a very broad red band that may cover up to half the oral shield (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: as for O. septemspinosa, but bright red with pale bands on the arms (Richmond, 1998). [details]
Type locality Aldabra. Holotype: Natural History Museum, London (England) 1978.9.1.1 [details]
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