WoRMS name details
original description
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [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
Devaney, D. M. (1978). A review of the genus Ophiomastix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae), Part II of a series of studies on Ophiocomid Brittlestars. <em>Micronesica.</em> 14(2): 273-359. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From other sources
Description Colour in life: disc black with narrow white bands across the arms. Oral arm plates brownish (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Saipan (Clark, 1954); Australia (Balinsky (1957) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). [details]
Holotype Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvatd University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 5247. Type locality: Cape Leveque, Western Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
A synonym of O. bispinosa H.L. Clark, 1917 in Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
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