Lyman, T. (1861). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 8, 75-86. [details]
Description Colour in life:aboral side of the disc and basal part of the arms uniform brown. Distal part of the arms lighter brown with...
Description Colour in life:aboral side of the disc and basal part of the arms uniform brown. Distal part of the arms lighter brown with dark cross-bands. Oral side of the disc yellowish-brown. Many specimens with dark brown, round spots, with light edges (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2018). World Ophiuroidea database. Ophiocoma insularia Lyman, 1861. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212383 on 2018-04-25
original description Lyman, T. (1861). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 8, 75-86. [details]
source of synonymy Devaney, D.M. (1970). Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 51: 1-41. [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]
Description Colour in life:aboral side of the disc and basal part of the arms uniform brown. Distal part of the arms lighter brown with dark cross-bands. Oral side of the disc yellowish-brown. Many specimens with dark brown, round spots, with light edges (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details] Holotype Holotype whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Hawaiian Ils. and Kiribati (as Sandwich Ils./Kingsmill Ils.) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Synonymy Treated as a synonym of O. brevipes in Ludwig (1899). [details]