Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867 
AphiaID: 244144

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothrix (Genus) > Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix)
Synonymised taxa		Ophiothrix fallax de Loriol, 1893 Ophiothrix lorioli Döderlein, 1896 Ophiothrix purpurea von Martens, 1867 Placophiothrix purpurea (von Martens, 1867)
Sources		original description: Martens von, E. 1867. Über vier neue Schlangensterne (Ophiuren) des Kgl. zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1867, 345-348. [details] basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Loriol, P. de. 1893. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Gèneve, 32(3), 1-63, pls 23-25. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Döderlein, L. (1896). Bericht über die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Ophiuroidea. Denkschriften medizinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Jena 8: 279-300. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244144
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867. 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=244144 on 2013-05-25