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 1 77 106 journal article 24630 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.3 b79b7881-13e6-45d7-bec6-3105c1847cf5 1175-5326 3573466 93D1AB7B-26C2-427D-88A7-5D416E547BE0 Ophiocoma scolopendrina ( Lamarck, 1816 ) Fig. 3 Ophiura scolopendrina Lamarck, 1816: 544 . Ophiocoma scolopendrina — Agassiz 1836: 192 ; Müller & Troschel 1842: 101 . Material examined: Gulf of Oman , Iran , Chabahar Bay (Hotel Lipar), intertidal, hand collected, January 2019 , collector Yaser Fatemi, 3 spms [SMNH-178927]. Persian Gulf, Iran , Bustaneh (n=2), and Bandar Lengeh (n=1) [SMNH-178929], intertidal, hand collected, May 2018 , collector Yaser Fatemi, 11.1, 11.5, 14.4 mm dd. Habitat : Rocky and rock-sandy intertidal flat ( Mortensen 1940 ; Fatemi et al. 2010 ; Pourvali et al. 2014 ; Pourvali 2015 ; present study) ( Fig. 2 A, B, E ). Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman : Hengam Island (9), Farur Island (8), Qeshm Island (10), Hormuz Island (12), Chabahar Bay (17), Bustaneh (34), Bandar Lengeh (35) (ibid.). Indian Ocean: Seychelles ( Taylor & Lewis 1970 ), Indian Ocean ( Clark & Rowe 1971 ), southeast of Africa ( Cherbonnier & Guille 1978 ), Mascarene Isl. ( Boissin et al. 2016 ), Scattered Isl. ( Conand et al. 2013 , 2016 ), South Africa ( Olbers & Samyn 2012 ; Olbers et al. 2019 ). Remarks : Ophiocoma scolopendrina is characterized by a darker dorsal side (often variegated) and a lighter ventral side that may also be variegated. It has alternating arm spine numbers (3–4) on consecutive and opposite arm joints ( Devaney 1970 ). This is the first report of O. scolopendrina from the Gulf of Oman .