Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens (Pl. VI. Fig. d)

1867. Ophiothrix purpurea von Martens. Amber. db. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1867: 346.

1971. Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 112 (key), p. 86-87 (distribution).

1991. Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea : Sastry, D.R. State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep. p. 378.

2007. Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India Occ. Paper No. 271: 149.

Material: AGS3-2 . Dt. 19.11.2018. One spec. B-40. Dt. 04.02.2018. One spec. KA-46 . Dt. 15.02.2018. One spec. KP-3 . Dt. 20.02.2018 . Two specs. KV-44 . Dt .

10.02.2018. One spec. PMPN18-57 . Dt. 22.11.2018. Two specs. MCYN18 _82, 83. Dt. 28.11.2018. Two specs. KA-

38. Dt. 15.02.2018. Three specs.

Distribution: Lakshadweep and Andamans. Elsewhere: Indo-west Pacific from SE Arabia and East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands.