Ophiuroidea name details
Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887)
214455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214455)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887) Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. (1887). Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. <em>Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums.</em> 2(4): 291-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11717 [details]
Description Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with dark lines...
Description Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with dark lines (usually red) on a pale background. Several dark lines along the radial shields. A darkish spot in the middle of each aboral arm plate. A dark narrow band along the distal edge of each arm plate (both sides, otherwise the oral side is pale). Habitat: Cymodocea
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214455 on 2024-04-26
Date
action
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2000-09-27 07:27:35Z
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Garcia, Maria
original description
(of Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887) Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. (1887). Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. <em>Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums.</em> 2(4): 291-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11717 [details]
From other sources
Description Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with dark lines (usually red) on a pale background. Several dark lines along the radial shields. A darkish spot in the middle of each aboral arm plate. A dark narrow band along the distal edge of each arm plate (both sides, otherwise the oral side is pale). Habitat: Cymodocea
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]synonymy Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]