WoRMS taxon details
Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933
AphiaID: 213417
AphiaID: 213417
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophionereididae (Family) > Ophionereis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophionereis Lütken, 1859 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Mortensen, T. 1933. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening, 93, 171-195. [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] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (not certain) [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles (not certain) [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Description: characteristic brown spot on the disc and similar bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957). Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Cannoniers point, Mauritius. In amily 'Ophiochitonidae' in Kalk (1958). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213417 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933. 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=213417 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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