WoRMS taxon details
Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933
213417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213417)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1933). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 93, 171-195. [details]
Type locality contained in Canonniers Point
, Note Cannoniers point, Mauritius.
In family...
In family 'Ophiochitonidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
type locality contained in Canonniers Point [details]
In family...
Unreviewed
Type locality Cannoniers point, Mauritius. In family 'Ophiochitonidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
Description Description: characteristic brown spot on the disc and similar bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical...
Tropical...
Description Description: characteristic brown spot on the disc and similar bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213417 on 2025-04-04
Date
action
by
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Mortensen, T. (1933). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 93, 171-195. [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]





Syntype MCZ OPH-5904 [details]