Ophionereis dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 213415

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

Status		alternate representation
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Ophionereis dubia dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophionereis Lütken, 1859
Synonymised taxa		Ophiocrasis dictydisca H.L. Clark, 1911 Ophiocrasis marktanneri Matsumoto, 1915 Ophiolepis dubia Müller & Troschel, 1842 Ophionereis dictydisca (H.L. Clark, 1911) Ophionereis dubia dubai (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (probably slip of the pen) Ophionereis dubia sinensis Duncan, 1879 Ophionereis dubia var. sinensis Duncan, 1879 Ophionereis stigma H.L. Clark, 1938
Sources		original description: Savigny, J.-C. 1809. Explication sommaire des planches d’Echinodermes. Descr. de l'Egypte, 2, 205-212. [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: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] from synonym: Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classificatioon of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 68: 43-92. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Duncan, P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society, 14(77), 445-482. [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] from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin, 75, 1-302. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Ophionereis dubia amoyensis A.M. Clark, 1953 Subspecies Ophionereis dubia dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Subspecies Ophionereis dubia dubai (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophionereis dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Ophionereis dubia dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Subspecies Ophionereis dubia sinensis Duncan, 1879 accepted as Ophionereis dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Ophionereis dubia dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Variety Ophionereis dubia var. sinensis Duncan, 1879 accepted as Ophionereis dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Ophionereis dubia dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Comores [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details]
Links		To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes		Description: Description: arm length to 12 cm, disc diameter to 10 mm. Disc smooth with microscopic scales and a net-like pattern of dark lines on grey with tiny yellow speckling. Arms pale, banded with thin, dark lines every fifth joint. Arm spines short. In Tortonese (1980) the colour pattern is described as brown lines and sometimes also spots on the dorsal side of the disc forming a very variable pattern. Habitat: lower eulittoral and deeper diverse substrates. Also distributed in Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Caylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: from the Red Sea to the western Pacific (Philippines, North Australia, etc.) (Tortonese, 1980); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-34 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Remark: Holotype whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Red sea, see Lyman (1965) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Type locality: Egypt, probably Koseir (Qoseir). Recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. In family Ophiochitonidae in Tortonese, 1980. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213415
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-20 08:24:09Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2010-01-13 08:33:37Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophionereis dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842). 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=213415 on 2013-05-22