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Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887)

214455  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214455)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiactoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiotrichidae (Family)
  13. Placophiothrix (Genus)
  14. Placophiothrix foveolata (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887) Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. (1887). Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. <em>Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums.</em> 2(4): 291-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11717 [details] 
Description Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with dark lines...  
Description Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with dark lines (usually red) on a pale background. Several dark lines along the radial shields. A darkish spot in the middle of each aboral arm plate. A dark narrow band along the distal edge of each arm plate (both sides, otherwise the oral side is pale). Habitat: Cymodocea Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214455 on 2025-10-20
Date
action
by
1996-10-24 16:07:55Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-27 07:27:35Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887) Marktanner-Turneretscher, G. (1887). Beschreibung neuer Ophiuriden und Bemerkungen zu bekannten. <em>Annalen des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums.</em> 2(4): 291-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11717 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with dark lines (usually red) on a pale background. Several dark lines along the radial shields. A darkish spot in the middle of each aboral arm plate. A dark narrow band along the distal edge of each arm plate (both sides, otherwise the oral side is pale). Habitat: Cymodocea Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

synonymy Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 

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