WoRMS name details
Ophiopezella decorata Mortensen, 1933
213214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213214)
unaccepted (synonym acc. to A.M. Clark (1968))
Species
Ophiopezella Ljungman, 1872 accepted as Ophiopeza Peters, 1851
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]
Note Durban.
Unreviewed
Type locality Durban. [details]
Description Colour in life: disc light greyish-brown, arms with darker bands. Description: the largest specimens agree with Mortensen's...
Description Colour in life: disc light greyish-brown, arms with darker bands. Description: the largest specimens agree with Mortensen's description; nine cross-bands on the arms; eight to ten oral papillae, the outermost being minute.
The smaller specimens are covered by granules; the arms bear only two or three cross-bands; only eight arm spines basally, even fewer distally. Oral shields vary in length, being rather longer than broad in the larger specimens (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
The smaller specimens are covered by granules; the arms bear only two or three cross-bands; only eight arm spines basally, even fewer distally. Oral shields vary in length, being rather longer than broad in the larger specimens (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopezella decorata Mortensen, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213214 on 2024-11-10
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original description
Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: disc light greyish-brown, arms with darker bands. Description: the largest specimens agree with Mortensen's description; nine cross-bands on the arms; eight to ten oral papillae, the outermost being minute. The smaller specimens are covered by granules; the arms bear only two or three cross-bands; only eight arm spines basally, even fewer distally. Oral shields vary in length, being rather longer than broad in the larger specimens (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Type locality Durban. [details]
