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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
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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
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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
  
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