Description Colour in life: Very variable as noted by Balinsky (1957), but overall dark blueish with darker arm banding (Sloan et al.,...
Description Colour in life: Very variable as noted by Balinsky (1957), but overall dark blueish with darker arm banding (Sloan et al., 1979).
Also distributed in Tuamotus, Gilbert Islands, Canton Island (Clark,1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2018). World Ophiuroidea database. Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212421 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 Clark, A. M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. Rev. Zool. Afr. 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 16(7): 277-322, 1pl. [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: Very variable as noted by Balinsky (1957), but overall dark blueish with darker arm banding (Sloan et al., 1979).
Also distributed in Tuamotus, Gilbert Islands, Canton Island (Clark,1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980). [details] Remark In Subgenus: (Keystonea) A.M. Clark, 1967 Sloan et al., 1979.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 2399. Type locality: Kiribati (as Kingsmills Is) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]