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

Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869

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).