Ophiuroidea name details
original description
(of Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861) Lyman, T. (1861). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist.</em> 8: 75-86., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492489 [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. <em>Rev. Zool. Afr.</em> 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
source of synonymy
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
From other sources
Description Description: disc colour greenish, yellowish or brownish, variegated with white. Disc scales bare in young specimens. In older specimens the scales bear small granules, but are obscured by skin . Aboral arm plates very broad, rounded, trilobed in older specimens. Arms more or less distinctly banded. Habitat: coral reefs (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
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