WoRMS taxon details
Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900)
213400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213400)
accepted
Species
Ophiocnemis venusta de Loriol, 1900 · unaccepted
Ophiopsammium nudum H.L. Clark, 1923 · unaccepted
Ophioteresis beauforti Engel, 1949 · unaccepted
Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949) · unaccepted (synonym acc. to A.M. Clark (1974))
Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923) · unaccepted (synonym acc. to Cherbonnier &...)
synonym acc. to Cherbonnier & Guille (1978)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiocnemis venusta de Loriol, 1900) de Loriol, P. (1900). Notes pour servir à l'étude des Echinodermes. VIII. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8, 55-96 pls 6-9., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971606#page/67/mode/1up [details]
Description Description: similar to O. tigris, with granules and spinelets on disc and arms, variable colour pattern (Richmond, 1998).
Description Description: similar to O. tigris, with granules and spinelets on disc and arms, variable colour pattern (Richmond, 1998).
Also distributed in SE Arabia and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth 19 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth 19 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213400 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophiopsammium nudum H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 341 [details]
original description (of Ophiocnemis venusta de Loriol, 1900) de Loriol, P. (1900). Notes pour servir à l'étude des Echinodermes. VIII. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8, 55-96 pls 6-9., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971606#page/67/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ophioteresis beauforti Engel, 1949) Engel, H. 1949. Ophioteresis beauforti nov. sp. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 28, 140-143, 1 pl. [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]
page(s): 341 [details]
original description (of Ophiocnemis venusta de Loriol, 1900) de Loriol, P. (1900). Notes pour servir à l'étude des Echinodermes. VIII. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8, 55-96 pls 6-9., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971606#page/67/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ophioteresis beauforti Engel, 1949) Engel, H. 1949. Ophioteresis beauforti nov. sp. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 28, 140-143, 1 pl. [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
redescription
Peyghan, S.; Doustshenas, B.; Nabavi, S. M. B.; Rounagh, M. T.; Larki, A. A.; Stöhr, S. (2018). New records of the brittle stars <em>Ophiothela </em><em>venusta </em>and <em>Ophiactis </em><em>modesta </em> (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the northern Persian Gulf, with morphological details. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4527(3): 425-435. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) Zoologische Documentatie 19. 39 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology).</em> 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294231 [details]
additional source Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology).</em> 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294231 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype (of Ophiopsammium nudum H.L. Clark, 1923) MCZ OPH-4352 [details]
Unreviewed
Description Description: similar to O. tigris, with granules and spinelets on disc and arms, variable colour pattern (Richmond, 1998).Also distributed in SE Arabia and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth 19 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype ?Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève (Switzerland). Type locality: Singapore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiothela venusta)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4352) (from synonym Ophiopsammium nudum H.L. Clark, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiothela venusta)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4352) (from synonym Ophiopsammium nudum H.L. Clark, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
