WoRMS name details
Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869
212416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212416)
alternative representation
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
Description Colour in life: disc dark uniformly blue; arms blue or blue green with fine characteristic median lines alternating dark...
Description Colour in life: disc dark uniformly blue; arms blue or blue green with fine characteristic median lines alternating dark blue and white, which extend on the aboral side of the disc between the radial shields; arm spines glassy, reddish and often with a dark line, ventrally white overall. Arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 5 mm. Disc scales covered by scattered spinelets. Radial shields naked. Aboral arm plates as wide as long, distal edge convex, median light coloured longitudinal line bordered by darker areas on either side and two more lighter lines bordered by darker areas on either side. Oral arm plates broader than long, distal side convex. Six to eigth arm spines, no more than 3-4 times the length of the segment, second one from obove the longest. Habitat: crevices around hard corals and on soft corals.
Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Tuamotus (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution:from the Red Sea and East Africa to the western Pacific (Tortonese, 1980); W Indian Ocean (Richmond, 1998); tropical, Indo-west-central pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to western Pacific Ocean (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Tuamotus (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution:from the Red Sea and East Africa to the western Pacific (Tortonese, 1980); W Indian Ocean (Richmond, 1998); tropical, Indo-west-central pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to western Pacific Ocean (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212416 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: disc dark uniformly blue; arms blue or blue green with fine characteristic median lines alternating dark blue and white, which extend on the aboral side of the disc between the radial shields; arm spines glassy, reddish and often with a dark line, ventrally white overall. Arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 5 mm. Disc scales covered by scattered spinelets. Radial shields naked. Aboral arm plates as wide as long, distal edge convex, median light coloured longitudinal line bordered by darker areas on either side and two more lighter lines bordered by darker areas on either side. Oral arm plates broader than long, distal side convex. Six to eigth arm spines, no more than 3-4 times the length of the segment, second one from obove the longest. Habitat: crevices around hard corals and on soft corals. Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Tuamotus (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution:from the Red Sea and East Africa to the western Pacific (Tortonese, 1980); W Indian Ocean (Richmond, 1998); tropical, Indo-west-central pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to western Pacific Ocean (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark In Subgenus Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840 Richmond, 1997.
Type locality: Samoa. Holotype (probable) Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) E.2221 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
