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Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801 (basis of record)
Diadema Gray, 1825 (additional source)
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (basis of record)
Holothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola Semper, 1868 (basis of record)
Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870 (additional source)
Toxopneustes L. Agassiz, 1841 (additional source)
Tripneustes L. Agassiz, 1841 (basis of record)
Eastern Africa & Madagascar for Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Eastern Africa & Madagascar for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola Semper, 1868
Eastern Africa & Madagascar for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)
Eastern Africa & Madagascar for Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Indian Ocean for Asteroidea
Mascarene Basin for Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Mascarene Basin for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola Semper, 1868
Mascarene Basin for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)
Mascarene Basin for Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Pacific Ocean for Asteroidea
Red Sea for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Red Sea for Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Red Sea for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola Semper, 1868
Red Sea for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)
Red Sea for Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
West Indian Ocean for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
West Indian Ocean for Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
West Indian Ocean for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola Semper, 1868
West Indian Ocean for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)
West Indian Ocean for Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Authority given as '(Klein)' in Mortensen (1931) and as 'Agassiz' in Decary (1924). Type data: status and ... [details]
Colour in life: deep brown above with deep red tips to spines, tube feet fawn (Humphreys, 1981). Associated with ... [details]
Also distributed in Persian Gulf and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean, west Pacific ... [details]
Description: Arm length to 50 mm, disc diameter to 6 mm. Disc smooth, arms with three lateral spines at each ... [details]
Description: as for A. integer, but differs in arrangement of disc scales and shape of the arm plates. Richmond, ... [details]
Description: as for A. integer, but differs in arrangement of disc scales and shape of the arm plates. (Richmond, ... [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific (also Red Sea), depth range 6-40 m. (Rowe & ... [details]
Description: arm length to 27 mm, disc diameter to 3.5 mm. Disc and arms mottled grey, pale blue and cream. ... [details]
Disc covered by very fine scales. Radial shields three times as long as broad, distally contiguous. Oral shields ... [details]
Disc covered by fine imbricated scales, one slightly larger plate in each interradius dorsally. Radial shields ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]
Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Bay of Bengal , East Indies, north Australia, ... [details]
Colour in life: deep pink centre to disc grading through white to light purple arm tips (Humphreys, 1981). ... [details]
Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed around Philippine Islands (Clark & Rowe, 1971) to the South West of Japan (Rowe, 1977). [details]
Colour in life: pale grey with irregular brown markings, uniformly pale grey below. Some with commensal polynoid ... [details]
Description: as for A. nuda, but with thorny granules of varying size over the body and arms (Richmond 1997). Also ... [details]
Description: Arm length to 40 cm, disc diameter to 10 cm. Colour uniformly black. Habitat: coral reefs, usually ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia and Philippines (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Coulour in life: paxillae vary from cream through grey-green to brown, usually with darker patterning variable in ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, ... [details]
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia ... [details]
Colour in life: bold camouflage pattern in deep brown and beige, tube feet spread over surface give white dotted ... [details]
Also distributed in Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). Habitat: very shallow waters; coastal ... [details]
Littoral and down to 39 fathoms (A.H. Clark, 1911). [details]
Description: primary tubercles perforate and crenulate; ambulacra abruptly narrowing on oral side with spaced ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine ... [details]
Description: test flat, pentagonal, corners rounded, margin slightly thick; oral ambulacral furrows prominent up to ... [details]
Also distributed in Marshall Islands (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, pakistan, Maldive area, ... [details]
Colour in life: black to deep purple-brown, peristome reddish-brown (Humphreys, 1981). Also recorded in Hawaiian ... [details]
According to Clark & Rowe (11971), known from Mauritius (and East Africa) and from temperate but not tropical ... [details]
Also distributed in north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, ... [details]
Colour in life: dark grey background with small irregular pink patches mostly adjacent to black tubercles, ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, ... [details]
Also recorded in Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan and Maldive area (Clark & Rowe (1971)); Maldives (Marshall & Rowe, ... [details]
Colour in life: black, red ring around anus and white spot over each genital pore (Humphreys, 1981). One specimen ... [details]
Colour in life: golden brown to dark brown with large irregular brown markings transversely on arms (Humphreys, ... [details]
Also distributed in South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Marshall Islands (Clark, 1954); South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Description: test flat, slightly broader than long; peristome slightly anterior; periproct on the oral side, in the ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & ... [details]
Colour in life: variable, spine colour purple/green spines with purple tips and grey-green base or jungle green ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Colour in life: deep red unlike Aldabra specimens which are green (Humphreys, 1981). Also recorded from 'Coin ... [details]
Habitat: deep rounded vertical burrows in dead coral rocks (Sastry, 1997). Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, ... [details]
Colour in life: purplish-brown, inter-ambulacral spines with fine to broad transverse white bands, tissue at base ... [details]
Also distributed in Onotoa Atoll, Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Guam, Saipan (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, ... [details]
Also distributed in Tuamotus and Guam (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Marshall Islands (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippines, China, ... [details]
Also distributed in Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Gilbert Islands (Clark, 1954); Ceylon bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south ... [details]
Also distributed in Persian Gulf, Ceylon and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Tuamotus, Saipan, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, East Indies, ... [details]
Colour in life: uniformly mid brown (Humphreys, 1981). Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Canton ... [details]
Also distributed in Persian Gulf, west Indian and Pakistan (Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details]
Littoral and down to 12 fathoms in Clark (1911). Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf ( (Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details]
Also distributed in Amboina (Selenka, 1867); East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Colour in life: grey-brown to green-brown sometimes with globular appearance (Clark & Rowe, 1971). The colour is ... [details]
Colour in life: mid brown above with gnarled appearance (Humphreys, 1981). Also distributed in Celebes and Amboina ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: ... [details]
Also distributed in Iranian Gulf (Heding, 1940); Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China ... [details]
Also recorded from the Philippines, Iranian Gulf and Ceylon (Heding, 1940); Persian Gulf, Ceylon, north Australia ... [details]
Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Colour in life: background off-white with pale purplish brown blotches, dark pigment surrounding mouth and anus ... [details]
Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia and Persian Gulf (Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details]
Colour in life: burgundy with irregular pink markings on arms, madreporite and patch at tip of each arm purple, ... [details]
Colour in life: uniformly fawn (Humphreys, 1981). Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, ... [details]
Colour in life: uniformly blue, grey, pink, purple or fawn. This contrasts with Pacific specimens from Palao ... [details]
Also distributed in Japan and north of Australia (Lambert, 1923); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, ... [details]
Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabian, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Disc colour purplish-brown, with some variegation, but never any trace of a longitudinal light stripe (Balinsky, ... [details]
Colour in life very variable but not spotted like M. Longipeda (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: similar to M. ... [details]
Description: similar to M. longipeda (Richmond, 1998). Arms moderately long, about nine times the disc diameter. ... [details]
Colour in life: disc colour bluish with dark blue spots, spotted radial shields, ventrally lighter blue with dark ... [details]
Description: similar to M. longipeda (Richmond, 1998). Distribution: known only from Mauritius (Clark, 1968); ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Cylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, ... [details]
General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980). Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & ... [details]
Also distributed in Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Colour in life: slate grey with purplish borders to supero-marginals, medreporite with circle of ten purplish ... [details]
Colour in life: granules between plates mid brown, rest black, abactinal surface light grey-brown. Eaten by shrimp ... [details]
Also distributed in north Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). Ecology: benthic, inshore. ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Coloration: aboral disc colour green to brownish, with some variegation, with a dark spot near the distal end of ... [details]
Colour: olive-greenish on a white background (Balinsky, 1957). Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: ... [details]
Colour (in alcohol): disc greyish-brown, the arms distinctly banded with rusty brown; the arm spines somewhat ... [details]
Colour greenish, without conspicuous markings (Balinsky, 1957). Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Hexamerous species. Colour in life: green background, disc with more or less regular dark and light green markings, ... [details]