New records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Lakshadweep atolls, northern Indian Ocean, with notes on Indophioderma ganapatii Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019
Parameswaran, U.V.; Nowshad, B.M.; Dixit, S.; Manjebrayakath, H.; Idreesbabu, K.K.; Saravanane, N. (2020). New records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Lakshadweep atolls, northern Indian Ocean, with notes on Indophioderma ganapatii Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019. Zootaxa 4809(3): 560–570. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4809.3.9
In: Zootaxa. Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISSN 1175-5326; e-ISSN 1175-5334, more
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Biodiversity
ISW, Indian Ocean
Reefs > Biogenic deposits > Coral reefs
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Indian Ocean [Marine Regions]
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- Parameswaran, U.V.
- Nowshad, B.M.
- Dixit, S.
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- Manjebrayakath, H.
- Idreesbabu, K.K.
- Saravanane, N.
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| Abstract |
The paper presents three new records of brittle stars for Indian waters, collected from the Lakshadweep atolls (northern Indian Ocean)—Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842), Ophiocoma cynthiae Benavides-Serrato & O’Hara, 2008 & Ophiomoeris obstricta (Lyman, 1878). Further, this paper also discusses the validity of two recently described taxa from this archipelago, the genus Indophioderma with the species Indophioderma ganapatii Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019. A checklist of brittle stars reported so far from the Lakshadweep Islands is provided, which includes 40 valid species—32 from shallow (reef) areas and 8 deep-sea (>200m) species. |
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