Ophionereis dubia ( Müller & Troschel, 1842 )

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 : 100

Ophionereis dubia ( Müller & Troschel, 1842)

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Ophiolepis dubia Müller & Troschel, 1842: 94 .

Ophionereis dubia —H. L. Clark 1923: 343 .

Material examined: Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tis, intertidal, hand collected, January 2019, 3 spms, collector Yaser Fatemi [SMNH-178940].

Habitat: Shells, coral gravel, subtidal rock, grass bed and coral reef, 33 m ( Mortensen 1940; Clark & Bowen 1949; Price 1981; Price 1983; Jones, 1986; Attaran-Fariman et al. 2014; Present study) ( Fig. 2E ).

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: Tis (16), Al Juraid Island (22), Tarut Bay (25), Stiffe’s Bank (28), Kuwait (ibid.).

Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Mascarene Basin ( Clark and Rowe 1971), South Africa ( Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976; Olbers et al. 2019), Somalia ( Tortonese 1980), Kenya ( Humphreys 1981).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitats at the sites where brittle stars were collected by the present study (see Table 1). A, Bandar Lengeh, B, Bustaneh, C, Chabahar Bay (Hotel Lipar), D, Chabahar Bay (University coast), E, Chabahar Bay (Tis), F, Qeshm Island.

FIGURE 10. Live photos of Ophionereis dubia [SMNH-178940], Gulf of Oman. A, dorsal overview, B, dorsal disc, C, ventral overview, D, ventral details.