WoRMS taxon details
Ophiarachnella macracantha aldabrensis Sloan, Clark & Taylor, 1979
AphiaID: 224109
AphiaID: 224109
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophiarachninae (Subfamily) > Ophiarachnella (Genus) > Ophiarachnella macracantha (Species) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
original description: Sloan, N.A., A.M. Clark & J.D. Taylor (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 37 (2): 81- 128. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colour in life: disc blood-red with radial shields the same colour, arms basically blood-red with a lighter pattern distally, also with pale transverse bands superimposed on this distal linear pattern, ventrally the arms paler, oral shields not white, but with a very broad red band that may cover up to half the oral shield (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: as for O. septemspinosa, but bright red with pale bands on the arms (Richmond, 1998). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Aldabra. Holotype: Natural History Museum, London (England) 1978.9.1.1 [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224109 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiarachnella macracantha aldabrensis Sloan, Clark & Taylor, 1979. 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=224109 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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