Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887) 
AphiaID: 213395

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiogymna (Genus) > Ophiogymna pellicula (Species)

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiogymna Ljungman, 1866
Orig. name		Ophiocampsis pellicula Duncan, 1887
Synonymised names		Ophiocampsis pellicula Duncan, 1887 Ophiothrix fulgens Koehler, 1905 Ophiothrix macrobrachia H.L. Clark, 1911 (synonym) Placophiothrix phrixa H.L. Clark, 1939
Sources		basis of record Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] additional source Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] additional source Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. [details] source of synonymy Liao, Yulin. (2004). Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Fauna Sinica. 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing. page(s): 265 [details] original description (of Ophiothrix fulgens Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expeditie. 45b, 1-140. [details] original description (of Ophiothrix macrobrachia H.L. Clark, 1911) Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin. 75: 1-302. [details] original description (of Placophiothrix phrixa H.L. Clark, 1939) Clark, H. L. (1939). Ophiuroidea. Scient. Rep. Murray Exped. 6: 29-136. page(s): 88 [details] basis of record (of Ophiocampsis pellicula Duncan, 1887) Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] original description (of Ophiocampsis pellicula Duncan, 1887) Duncan, P. M. (1887). On the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. Linnean Society Journal of Zoology. 21, 85-106, 2 pl. & 107-120, 2 pl., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00382.x [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Specimens		Paratype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-3268 [view taxon] Paratype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-3269 [view taxon] Paratype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-3443 [view taxon] Paratype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-6044 [view taxon] [show all]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)  To Encyclopedia of Life
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details]
Notes		From other sources Distribution Also distributed in Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 36-116 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark ?Syntype: Natural History Museum, London (England) 1888.5.11.1. Type locality: King Is., Mergui Archipelago, Burma (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213395
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-09-07 07:15:45Z   created   Garcia, Maria 2000-09-20 08:24:09Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2007). Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2015) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213395 on 2016-09-30