WoRMS taxon details
Ophioconus cincta Brock, 1888
AphiaID: 213460
AphiaID: 213460
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophioconus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (spelling mistake) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Ophioconis cincta Brock, 1888 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophioconus accepted as Ophioconis Lütken, 1869 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [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] | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Red Sea [details] West Indian Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Arm length to 20 mm, disc diameter to 6 mm. Similar to Ophiochaeta hirsuta, but genus instantly recognisable by fan-shaped teeth with glassy, serrated edge. Colour cream with dusky grey markings and banded arms. Habitat: among algae, sponges, coral etc. General distribution: tropical, west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-72 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998). Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Spelling: Ophioconis in Loisette & Marshall (1983). Holotype in Zoologisches Museum, Göttingen (Germany). Type locality: Amboina, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ophioconis is actually not a spelling variation, but the correct spelling. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213460 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophioconus cincta Brock, 1888. 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=213460 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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