Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
213208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213208)
accepted
Species
Ophiarachna clavigera Brock, 1888 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
Description Colour in life: strongly resembling that of Ophiocoma doederleini, basically mid-grey, disc light grey with widely spaced...
Description Colour in life: strongly resembling that of Ophiocoma doederleini, basically mid-grey, disc light grey with widely spaced black spots and a pale ramifying linear pattern, arms mid-grey with white bands, arms spines annulated white and grey, including the elongated ventralmost spines, ventrally mid-grey, oral shields white with irregular grey markings (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: arm length to 9 cm, disc diameter to 2.5 cm. Disc brown to grey, mottled with double spots. Arms mottled darker and lighter brown to grey with darker bands. Habitat: among coral rubble.
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range to 25 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998).
Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range to 25 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998).
Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213208 on 2024-04-24
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Garcia, Maria
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
original description (of Ophiarachna clavigera Brock, 1888) Brock, J. (1888). Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 47, 465-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49595476 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
original description (of Ophiarachna clavigera Brock, 1888) Brock, J. (1888). Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 47, 465-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49595476 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Colour in life: strongly resembling that of Ophiocoma doederleini, basically mid-grey, disc light grey with widely spaced black spots and a pale ramifying linear pattern, arms mid-grey with white bands, arms spines annulated white and grey, including the elongated ventralmost spines, ventrally mid-grey, oral shields white with irregular grey markings (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: arm length to 9 cm, disc diameter to 2.5 cm. Disc brown to grey, mottled with double spots. Arms mottled darker and lighter brown to grey with darker bands. Habitat: among coral rubble. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range to 25 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998).
Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Syntypes Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) E.4073 (1 specimen). Type locality: Fiji Ils. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]