Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 
AphiaID: 212336

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family) > Ophiactis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiactis Lütken, 1856
Synonymised taxa		Ophiactis acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938 Ophiactis delicata H.L. Clark, 1915 Ophiactis parva Mortensen, 1926
Sources		original description: Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. 1887. Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 2(4), 291-316. [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): 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] 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] from synonym: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1926. Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal in 1924. 6 - Report on the Echinoderms. Transactions from the Zoological Society London, 22, 117-131. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls.  [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia: an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932 Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 55: 1-596 (28 plates) (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Ecology: Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: depth range 0-177 m., tropical, western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Holotype: Holotype Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (Austria). Type locality: 'Sydney' (presumably New South Wales) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212336
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-09-04 09:28:53Z   created   Garcia, Maria 2000-09-20 08:24:09Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212336 on 2013-05-20