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Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910)

213360  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213360)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Valvatida (Order)
  10. Goniasteridae (Family)
  11. Ferdininae (Subfamily)
  12. Neoferdina (Genus)
  13. Neoferdina offreti (Species)
accepted
Species
Ferdina intermedia Djakonov, 1930 · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Neoferdina intermedia (Djakonov, 1930) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Jangoux (1973))
Neoferdina mahei Jangoux, 1973 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ferdina offreti Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290
page(s): 143 [details] 
Description Colour in life: disc centre pink, some plates with large violet spots, the rest off-white, pimk below (Sloan, 1979).   
Description Colour in life: disc centre pink, some plates with large violet spots, the rest off-white, pimk below (Sloan, 1979).
Distributed in Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971); around Little Andaman (Jangoux, 1973). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213360 on 2025-05-17
Date
action
by
1998-08-05 08:24:25Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-10-24 18:54:18Z
changed
Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Neoferdina mahei Jangoux, 1973) Jangoux, M. (1973). Le genus <i>Neoferdina</i> Livingstone (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 87(4): 775-794.
page(s): 784 [details] 

original description (of Ferdina offreti Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290
page(s): 143 [details] 

original description (of Ferdina intermedia Djakonov, 1930) Djakonov, A. M. (1930). Echiniden, Ophiuriden und Asteriden gesammelt von Prof. P.J. Schmidt bei den Riu-Kiu Inseln im Jahre 1926-1927. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 59, 233-252, pls 12, 13.
page(s): 248 [details] 

basis of record Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 37 (2): 81- 128. [details] 

Other

additional source Jangoux, M. (1973). Le genus <i>Neoferdina</i> Livingstone (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 87(4): 775-794. [details] 

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

Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: disc centre pink, some plates with large violet spots, the rest off-white, pimk below (Sloan, 1979).
Distributed in Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971); around Little Andaman (Jangoux, 1973). [details]
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