WoRMS name details
original description
(of Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, 1893) Loriol, P. de. (1893). Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. <em>Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Gèneve.</em> 32(3), 1-63, pls 23-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36188778 [details]
source of synonymy
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in East Indies and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Type locality Mauritius. [details]
synonymy Not clear what AM Clark thinks the status of the species is: in her 1984 paper, and in the introductory table to the Seychelles part of the 1980 paper, she lists O. dubiosa as a valid species; in the text of the 1980 paper, and in the synonymy of O. spinosa, she implies O. dubiosa is a synonym of O. spinosa. Cherbonnier & Guille treat O. dubiosa as a junior synonym of O. spinosa. [details]
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