Ophiolepis irregularis Brock, 1888 
AphiaID: 213465

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiolepidina (Infraorder) > Ophiolepididae (Family) > Ophiolepis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840
Sources		original description: Brock, J. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 47, 465-539. [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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Madagascar [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note		Description: Description: as for O. superba, but uniform light cream colour (Richmond, 1998). Also distributed in East Indies, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213465
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1999-06-29 17:33:34Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-15 07:50:38Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiolepis irregularis Brock, 1888. 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=213465 on 2013-05-24