WoRMS taxon details
Ophiarachnella macracantha aldabrensis Sloan, Clark & Taylor, 1979
224109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224109)
accepted
Subspecies
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]
Note Aldabra. Holotype: Natural History Museum,...
Unreviewed
Type locality Aldabra. Holotype: Natural History Museum, London (England) 1978.9.1.1 [details]
Description Colour in life: disc blood-red with radial shields the same colour, arms basically blood-red with a lighter pattern...
Description Colour in life: disc blood-red with radial shields the same colour, arms basically blood-red with a lighter pattern distally, also with pale transverse bands superimposed on this distal linear pattern, ventrally the arms paler, oral shields not white, but with a very broad red band that may cover up to half the oral shield (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: as for O. septemspinosa, but bright red with pale bands on the arms (Richmond, 1998). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiarachnella macracantha aldabrensis Sloan, Clark & Taylor, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224109 on 2025-04-05
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2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: disc blood-red with radial shields the same colour, arms basically blood-red with a lighter pattern distally, also with pale transverse bands superimposed on this distal linear pattern, ventrally the arms paler, oral shields not white, but with a very broad red band that may cover up to half the oral shield (Sloan et al., 1979). Description: as for O. septemspinosa, but bright red with pale bands on the arms (Richmond, 1998). [details]Type locality Aldabra. Holotype: Natural History Museum, London (England) 1978.9.1.1 [details]
