Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ophiothela caerulea H.L. Clark, 1915 Ophiothela coerulea H.L. Clark, 1915 Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 (synonymized by Alitto et al. 2020) Ophiothela danae involuta Koehler, 1898 (subspecies not accepted) Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879 Ophiothela hadra H.L. Clark, 1915 Ophiothela involuta Koehler, 1898 Ophiothela isidicola Lütken, 1872 Ophiothela verrilli Duncan, 1879 Ophiothrix (Ophiothela) mirabilis Verrill, 1867 Ophiothrix danae (Koehler, 1898) (synonym), fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Pearl Islands, Panamá Bay, Malpelo Island, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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• 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.