WoRMS taxon details

Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885

212308  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212308)

  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. Ophidiasteridae (Family)
  11. Ophidiaster (Genus)
  12. Ophidiaster duncani (Species)
accepted
Species
Ophidiaster lioderma H.L. Clark, 1921 · unaccepted (Synonym accoridng to Jangoux (1985))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
de Loriol, P. (1885). Catalogue raisonné des Échinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. 2. Stellérides. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 29(4): 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36249317
page(s): 15 [details] 
Description Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west...  
Description Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific Ocean, intertidal waters to 8 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212308 on 2025-05-05
Date
action
by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-10-24 23:33:30Z
changed
Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description de Loriol, P. (1885). Catalogue raisonné des Échinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. 2. Stellérides. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 29(4): 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36249317
page(s): 15 [details] 

original description (of Ophidiaster lioderma H.L. Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 80 [details] 

basis of record 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] 

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

Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific Ocean, intertidal waters to 8 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Neotype in Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève (Switzerland) No. 791/53. Type locality: Mauritius (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophidiaster lioderma H.L. Clark, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Ophidiaster lioderma H.L. Clark, 1921)

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