Invertebrate Zoology OPH-6036: Ophiactis versicolor

Identifications

Ophiactis versicolor H.L. Clark, 1939

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiactidae Ophiactis versicolor

Identified by Hubert Lyman Clark
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Reviewed by Gordon Hendler May 2013; Identification Made Date: 1939

Citations

Clark 1939, Page 81, Paratype of Ophiactis versicolor

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Indian Ocean
Sea:	Red Sea
Specific Locality:	Yemen, Bay between Great Hanish and Suyul Hanish Islands
Verbatim Locality:	Bay between Gt. Hanish and Suyul Hanish Islands, Red Sea
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	29 m
Coordinates:	13° 39´ 30´´ N 42° 43´ 0´´ E (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1933-09-17; Source: John Murray Expedition 1933-1934 (British Museum of Natural History Scientific Reports)
Collecting Date:	September 17, 1933
Collecting Time:	11.0