WoRMS name details
Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842
212375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212375)
unaccepted (transferred to Ophiocomella by O'Hara et al. (2018))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details] 
Note Red Sea. Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by...
Unreviewed
Type locality Red Sea. Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. [details]
Description Colour in life: very varied, arms commonly green or green brown and banded by darker areas but banding may be deep brown or...
Description Colour in life: very varied, arms commonly green or green brown and banded by darker areas but banding may be deep brown or cream. Disc uniformly dull green to dark brown. Very fragile (Humphreys, 1981). One of the most abundant brittlestars in the region. Description: arm length up to 10 cm, disc diameter up to 20 mm. Disc scales covered by granules, becoming spiky towards the edges, higher than thick. Arms with spines as long as the arm width. Disc mottled green, arms distictly banded. Only one tentacle scale at least beyond the fifth segment.
Habitat: diverse shallow substrates; rocks, coral reef, under weed, beacon reef (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in Persian Gulf (Tortonese, 1949); Persian Gulf, Maldive area and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); Red Sea, Persian Gulf, western Indian Ocean (uncertain records in the East) (Tortonese, 1980); WIO and Red Sea (Richmond, 1998).
Devaney (1970) and Clark & Rowe (1971) restricted the range from Persian gulf and East coast of Africa to Mascarene Island in the western Indian Ocean, doubting the further eastern records (Sastry, 1991). [details]
Habitat: diverse shallow substrates; rocks, coral reef, under weed, beacon reef (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in Persian Gulf (Tortonese, 1949); Persian Gulf, Maldive area and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); Red Sea, Persian Gulf, western Indian Ocean (uncertain records in the East) (Tortonese, 1980); WIO and Red Sea (Richmond, 1998).
Devaney (1970) and Clark & Rowe (1971) restricted the range from Persian gulf and East coast of Africa to Mascarene Island in the western Indian Ocean, doubting the further eastern records (Sastry, 1991). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212375 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [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]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Cisternas, P. A.; Boissin, E.; Bribiesca-Contreras, G.; Sellanes, J.; Paulay, G.; Byrne, M. (2019). Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 67-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003
page(s): 72 [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]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Cisternas, P. A.; Boissin, E.; Bribiesca-Contreras, G.; Sellanes, J.; Paulay, G.; Byrne, M. (2019). Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 67-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003
page(s): 72 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: very varied, arms commonly green or green brown and banded by darker areas but banding may be deep brown or cream. Disc uniformly dull green to dark brown. Very fragile (Humphreys, 1981). One of the most abundant brittlestars in the region. Description: arm length up to 10 cm, disc diameter up to 20 mm. Disc scales covered by granules, becoming spiky towards the edges, higher than thick. Arms with spines as long as the arm width. Disc mottled green, arms distictly banded. Only one tentacle scale at least beyond the fifth segment.Habitat: diverse shallow substrates; rocks, coral reef, under weed, beacon reef (Balinsky, 1957).
Also distributed in Persian Gulf (Tortonese, 1949); Persian Gulf, Maldive area and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); Red Sea, Persian Gulf, western Indian Ocean (uncertain records in the East) (Tortonese, 1980); WIO and Red Sea (Richmond, 1998).
Devaney (1970) and Clark & Rowe (1971) restricted the range from Persian gulf and East coast of Africa to Mascarene Island in the western Indian Ocean, doubting the further eastern records (Sastry, 1991). [details]
Type locality Red Sea. Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. [details]
