WoRMS taxon details
Ophiomastix annulosa (Lamarck, 1816)
212396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212396)
accepted
Species
Ophiura annulosa Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiura annulosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1816). Ordre Second. Radiaires Échinodermes. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres.</em> 2, 522-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299296 [details]
Taxonomic remark It seems that this species is offered in the aquarium trade under the name Ophiocoma nereidina. That name has no scientific...
Description Description: disc scales with scattered blunt spines. Concentric dark and light colouration on the oral shields. Upper arm...
Taxonomic remark It seems that this species is offered in the aquarium trade under the name Ophiocoma nereidina. That name has no scientific value and its origin is so far unknown. [details]
Description Description: disc scales with scattered blunt spines. Concentric dark and light colouration on the oral shields. Upper arm...
Description Description: disc scales with scattered blunt spines. Concentric dark and light colouration on the oral shields. Upper arm spine claviform. Aboral arm plates with light coloured edges.
Also distributed in Netherlands New Guinea (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, probably littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Maldives and Minicoy (India) to South Pacific Islands in Sastry (1991). [details]
Also distributed in Netherlands New Guinea (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, probably littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Maldives and Minicoy (India) to South Pacific Islands in Sastry (1991). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomastix annulosa (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212396 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophiura annulosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1816). Ordre Second. Radiaires Échinodermes. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres.</em> 2, 522-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299296 [details]
basis of record Marsh, L.M. and J.I. Marshall. (1983). Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Sceince 33(3): 671-687., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1983/00000033/00000003/art00014#expand/collapse [details]
basis of record Marsh, L.M. and J.I. Marshall. (1983). Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Sceince 33(3): 671-687., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1983/00000033/00000003/art00014#expand/collapse [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark It seems that this species is offered in the aquarium trade under the name Ophiocoma nereidina. That name has no scientific value and its origin is so far unknown. [details]Unreviewed
Description Description: disc scales with scattered blunt spines. Concentric dark and light colouration on the oral shields. Upper arm spine claviform. Aboral arm plates with light coloured edges.Also distributed in Netherlands New Guinea (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, probably littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Maldives and Minicoy (India) to South Pacific Islands in Sastry (1991). [details]
Remark Syntypes (probable) in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオフサクモヒトデ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiomastix annulosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (29 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiomastix annulosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (29 records)