Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869

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 : 91

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Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869: 391 .

Habitat: Gravel and sand, Epizoic on gorgonians, attached to coral reefs and artificial structures, 12–33 m ( Clark 1915; Mortensen 1940; Price 1981, 1983; Jones 1986; present study).

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: Jubail (19), Jinna Island (21), Stiffe’s Bank (28), Kuwait (ibid.).

Indian Ocean: Mascarene Basin and Red Sea ( Clark & Rowe 1971), Madagascar ( Cherbonnier & Guille 1978), South Africa and Mozambique ( Clark 1974), Kenya ( Humphreys 1981), West Indian Ocean ( Marsh & Marshall 1983), Gulf of Mannar ( James 1988), Scattered Isl. ( Conand et al. 2013, 2016), South Africa ( Olbers et al. 2019).

References

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. (1978) 48 Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 272 pp.

Clark, H. L. (1915) Catalogue of recent Ophiurans. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 25, 163 - 376.

Clark, A. M. & Rowe, F. W. E. (1971) Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 234 pp.

Clark, A. M. (1974) Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 26, 423 - 487. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 210

Conand, C., Stohr, S., Eleaume, M., Magalon, H. & Chabanet, P. (2013) The Echinoderma fauna of Europa, Eparses island (scattered islands) in the Mozambique channel (South Western Indian Ocean). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 54, 499 - 504.

Conand, C., Mulochau, T., Stohr, S., Eleaume, M. & Chabanet, P. (2016) Inventory of echinoderms in the Iles Eparses (Europa, Glorieuses, Juan de Nova), Mozambique Channel, France. Acta Oecologica, 72, 53 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. actao. 2015.06.007

Humphreys, W. F. (1981) 19 The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adJacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden- Afrika, Tervuren, 39 pp.

James, D. B. (1988) Echinoderm fauna of the proposed national marine park in the Gulf of Mannar. In: Silas, E. G. (Ed.), Proceedings of the symposium on endangered marine animals and marine parks, Cochin, India, 12 - 16 January, 1985. Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin, pp. 403 - 406.

Jones, D. A. (1986) A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf. University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, 204 pp.

Marsh, L. M. & Marshall, J. I. (1983) Some Aspects of the Zoogeography of Northwestern Australian Echinoderms (Other Than Holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science, 33, 671 - 687.

Mortensen, T. (1940) Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran, Part 2, 55 - 112.

Olbers, J. M., Griffiths, C. L., O'Hara, T. D. & Samyn, Y. (2019) Field guide to the brittle and basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of South Africa. ABCTaxa. Vol. 19. Belgian National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative, Brussels, 346 pp.

Price, A. R. G. (1981) Studies on the echinoderm fauna of the western Arabian Gulf. Journal of Natural History, 15, 1 - 15. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938100770011

Price, A. R. G. (1983) Echinoderms of Saudi Arabia: Echinoderms of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. In: Wittmer, W. & Buttiker, W. (Eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Karger Libri, Basel, pp. 28 - 108.

Verrill, A. E. (1869) New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1859 - 61, 12, 381 - 391.