WoRMS taxon details
Ophioplocus imbricata (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
AphiaID: 213468
AphiaID: 213468
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiolepidina (Infraorder) > Ophiolepididae (Family) > Ophioplocus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Ophioplocus imbricatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophioplocus Lyman, 1862 | |||||||||||||
| 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: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] West Indian Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colour in life: dark grey-green dorsal surface with paler irregular patches on disc and pale bands on arms alternating equally with dark bands three to four segments wide, ventral arm surface mid-brown with grey-green banding as on dorsal surface . Other individuals grey-brown disc and arms with dark grey-green transverse arm bands 1-5 segments wide, paler but similar below (Humphreys, 1981). Description: Arm length to 7.5 cm, disc diameter to 2.5 cm. Overall colour greyish-green with pale patches on disc and banding on arms. Habitat: under coral in lagoons and shallow reef areas. Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: from East Africa to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); WIO to W Pacific. Richmond 1997 (Richmond, 1998); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Spelling: Spelled as O. imbricatus in Clark & Rowe, 1971, Tortonese (1951), (Tortonese, 1980), (A.M. Clark, 1980) Syntypes (probable) Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany), Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (Netherlands)(formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: Mauritius (as 'Isle de France') and Timor, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213468 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophioplocus imbricata (Müller & Troschel, 1842). 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=213468 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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