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Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 
AphiaID: 212411

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothrix (Genus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
Rank Species
Parent Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840
Sources  original description: Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1887. Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 2(4), 291-316. [details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

basis of record: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Link To Barcode of Life
Notes  Description: Also distributed in Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan Region, Philippines, Australia, depth range 0-133 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: In Subgenus Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840. Type data: status and wherabouts undetermined. Type locality: Aru Is., Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212411
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-22 07:17:05Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887. 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=212411 on 2013-06-20
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