Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Asterias nigra Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789, Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) danae Mortensen, 1933, Ophiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933, Ophiacantha valenciennesi sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman (synonym), Ophiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839, Ophiocoma nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym acc. to Mortensen (1927)), Ophiocoma nigru (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (most likely a spelling error of uncertain origin), Ophiocoma nilssoni Müller & Troschel, 1842, Ophiocoma raschi G.O. Sars, 1872, Ophiothrix granulata (Johnston, 1935), Ophiura granulata Johnston, 1935, fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution: Galapagos Islands

• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.