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Ophiactis versicolor H.L. Clark, 1939 
AphiaID: 212329

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family) > Ophiactis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Rank Species
Parent Ophiactis Lütken, 1856
Sources  original description: Clark, H.L. (1939). Ophiuroidea. Scient. Rep. Murray Exped. 6: 29-136. [details]

source of synonymy: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp.
page(s): 125 [details]


Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Note  Holotype: Holotype Natural History Museum, London (England) 1948.5.26.145, paratypes 1948.5.26.144. Type locality: Red Sea (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212329
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiactis versicolor H.L. Clark, 1939. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212329 on 2013-05-23
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