Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records
Author
Fatemi, Yaser
Author
Stöhr, Sabine
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-13
4711
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77
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.3
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1175-5326
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Genus
Ophioconis
Lütken, 1869
Ophioconis
Lütken, 1869: 70
; A. M.
Clark 1965: 63–64
.
Ophiurodon
Matsumoto, 1915: 86
.
Ophiurodon
sp.—
Mortensen 1940: 100
.
Habitat:
Coral-gravel and shells,
33 m
(
Mortensen 1940
).
Persian Gulf and Gulf of
Oman
: Stiffe’s Bank (28) (ibid.).
Indian Ocean:
n/a
Remarks:
Ophiurodon
was synonymized with
Ophioconis
by A. M.
Clark (1965)
.
Mortensen (1940)
stated that his single specimen was in such a poor condition that he could not identify the species. Assuming that his generic identification was correct, this is the only record of
Ophioconis
from the Persian Gulf. Three species of
Ophioconis
are known from the Indian Ocean,
O
.
permixta
(
Clark 1965
)
,
O
.
cincta
and
O
.
cupida
(
Clark & Rowe 1971
)
, although
O
.
permixta
may be conspecific with
O
.
cincta
(
Clark 1965
)
.