Ophiocomella sexradia

Boissin, Emilie, Hoareau, Thierry B., Paulay, Gustav & Bruggemann, J. Henrich, 2016, Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations, Zootaxa 4098 (2), pp. 273-297 : 285-286

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.4

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6067308

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Ophiocomella sexradia
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Ophiocomella sexradia (DUNCAN, 1887)

(UF-6491, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 g, KU594363 View Materials )

Material. 1 spm, St. 5; 1 spm, St. 8 Remarks. This small (DD = 2 mm) species is the only known ophiocomid with six arms. Specimens have small elongate granules on the dorsal surface of the disc, three to four arm spines, and are mottled green and whitish. Abundance: 1.

Distribution. Widespread across the IWP ( Clark & Rowe 1971), previously recorded from Réunion ( Guille & Ribes 1981; Stöhr et al. 2008) and Rodrigues ( Rowe & Richmond 2004).

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