Ophiuroidea taxon details
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Description Description: as for A. nuda, but with thorny granules of varying size over the body and arms (Richmond 1997).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); northern Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical Indian Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Spelling Genus spelled Astroba in Vine (1986).
Holotype in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, (USA) No. 475. Type locality: Zanzibar (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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