Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel)

(Pl. VII. Fig a)

1842. Ophiocoma dentata Müller, J. and Troschel, F.H. System der Asteriden. p. 99.

1971. Ophiocoma dentata : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow water Indo-west pacific echinoderms, p. 119 (key), p.86-87 (distribution).

2007. Ophiocoma dentata : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 271: 114.

2013. Ophiocoma (Breviturma) dentata : Stöhr, S., Boissin, E. and Hoareau, T.B. Eur. J. Taxon. 68: 13.

2019. Breviturma dentata : Stohr, S., O“Hara, T., and Thuy, B. WoRMS.

Material: AGE-102. Dt. 06.02.2018. One spec. KA-3 .

Dt. 12.02.2018. One spec. KV-2 . Dt. 08.02.2018. One spec.

Remarks: Upper and lower arm plates with white patches bordered by black. In some specimens the disc and upper arm plates have white patches, sometimes on alternating plates.

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: East coast of Africa, Islands of western Indian Ocean, Maldives to Hawaiian Islands.