Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888

Fatemi, Yaser & Stöhr, Sabine, 2019, Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records, Zootaxa 4711 (1), pp. 77-106 : 95

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scientific name	Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888
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Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888: 482 .

Habitat: Subtidal hard bottom on unidentified sponge. 2–15 m ( Peyghan et al. 2018).

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: Bushehr (2) (ibid.).

Indian Ocean: Africa ( Balinsky 1957), Gulf of Mannar ( James 1985), Indian Ocean ( Dahihande & Thakur 2017), Réunion ( Boissin et al. 2016).

References

Balinsky, J. B. (1957) The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Annals of the Natal Museum, 14, 1 - 33.

Boissin, E., Hoareau, T. B., Paulay, G. & Bruggemann, J. H. (2016) Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Reunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations. Zootaxa, 4098 (2), 273 - 297. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4098.2.4

Brock, J. (1888) Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 47, 465 - 539.

Dahihande, A. S. & Thakur, N. L. (2017) Differential growth forms of the sponge Biemna fortis govern the abundance of its associated brittle star Ophiactis modesta. Journal of Sea Research, 126, 1 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. seares. 2017.06.007

James, D. B. (1985) Echinoderm fauna of the proposed National Marine Park in the Gulf of Mannar. Proceeding of Symposium Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1, 403 - 406.

Peyghan, S., Doustshenas, B., Nabavi, M. B., Rounagh, M. T., Larki, A. A. & Stohr, S. (2018) New records of the brittle stars Ophiothela venusta and Ophiactis modesta (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the northern Persian Gulf, with morphological details. Zootaxa, 4527 (3), 425 - 435. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4527.3.11