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| Ophiolepis cincta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Amphilepidida |
| Family: | Ophiolepididae |
| Genus: | Ophiolepis |
| Species: | O. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiolepis cincta | |
Ophiolepis cincta is a brittle star in the family Ophiolepididae, first described in 1842 by Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel.[1][2]
Ophiolepis garretti is said to be a synonym,[3] but this is disputed.[1]
Distribution
[edit]In Australia this brittle star is found at depths of 0-30 m off the coasts of the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia, from Rowley Shoals, WA to Swain Reefs in Queensland.[1]
Elsewhere, it is found in tropical intertidal and subtidal waters in Indian Ocean and west and central Pacific Ocean.[4][3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Ophiolepis cincta". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ↑ Müller, Johannes Peter; Troschel, Franz Hermann (1842), System der Asteriden (in German), Brunswick: Vieweg Verlag, p. 90, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.11715, LCCN 06022011, OCLC 12181643, OL 23345269M, Wikidata Q51393288
- 1 2 Clark, Hubert Lyman (1921). "The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin". Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 10 (214). Washington, D.C.: 143. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.14613. LCCN 21007575. OCLC 3679822. OL 6634116M. Wikidata Q51419335.
- ↑ Toshihiko Fujita (2016). "Brittle stars of Ophiodermatidae and Ophiolepididae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida: Ophiurina) collected from the Singapore Strait" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement. 34: 619–626.
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