WoRMS name details
original description
Clark, H. L. (1917). Reports on the Scientific Results of the Albatross Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, 1899-1900 (Part 18). Reports on the Scientific results of the Albatross Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 1904-1905 (Part 30). Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 61(12): 429-453. [details]
source of synonymy
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Devaney, D. M. (1978). A review of the genus Ophiomastix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae), Part II of a series of studies on Ophiocomid Brittlestars. <em>Micronesica.</em> 14(2): 273-359. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in Gilbert Islands (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Spelling O. bispinosus in Richmond (1997).
Holotype in U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., (USA) E694. Type locality: Makema, Paumotu Ils, southwest Pacific Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
synonymy Synonymy already suggested in Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
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