Ophiactis savignyi
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Ordo: Ophiurida
Familia: Ophiactidae
Genus: Ophiactis
Name
Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Six arms. Disk circular (dd = 1.3 mm). Covered by numerous imbricating scales. Some small spines on scales at margin of disk (Fig. 8g). Radial shields large, triangular, contiguous (Fig. 8g). Ventral interradus with some spines on the scales (Fig. 8h). Bursal slit enlarged. Oral shields oval (Fig. 8i). Adoral shields widened laterally. One oral papilla on each side of jaw angle (Fig. 8i). Apical papilla well developed. Dorsal arm plate wider than long, sometimes subdivided into two plates (Fig. 8j). Ventral arm plate octogonal. Six arm spines, with denticles along margin and at tip (Fig. 8l). Single tentacle scale semi-elliptical (Fig. 8l).
Distribution
Cosmopolitan, in warm waters throughout the western Indo-Pacific, eastern Pacific, including Malpelo Island off western coast of Colombia, and both sides of the Atlantic, including Ascension island in the South Atlantic. Western Atlantic from South Carolina, Bermuda, Mexican Caribbean, Honduras, and Brazil (Devaney 1974[1], Pawson 1978[2], Hendler et al. 1995[3], Durán-Gonzáles et al. 2005[4], Cohen-Rengifo et al. 2009[5]). In Brazil from Amapá, Pará, Maranhão (Albuquerque 1986[6]), Ceará (Lima-Verde 1969[7]), Paraíba (Gondim et al. 2008[8]), Pernambuco (Tommasi 1970[9]), Alagoas (Miranda et al. 2012[10]), Bahia (Alves and Cerqueira 2000[11]), Abrolhos off southern Bahia (Tommasi 1970[9]), Rio de Janeiro (Brito 1960[12]), and São Paulo (Tommasi 1970[9]). Intertidal to 518 m. Found at 10 m in this study.
Remarks
Species found in all reef zones, seagrass beds, mangroves, and in contaminated communities (Hendler et al. 1995[3]). According to Madsen (1970)[13], Ophiactis savignyi is very polymorphic, resulting in a vast synonymy. Juveniles are frequently found in large densities inside sponges, possibly as commensals (Hyman 1955[14]). Cuénot (1948)[15] considers this behavior a case of pseudocommensalism, due to its marked positive stereotropism. Young forms (up to 4 mm in disk diameter) reproduce by fissiparity, although Devaney (1974)[1] found no indications of this reproductive mode, while large specimens may reproduce both sexually and asexually (Tommasi 1970[9]). Gondim et al. (2008)[8] observed that they may live permanently in phytal communities, in which several life stages were found.
Taxon Treatment
- Gondim, A; Alonso, C; Dias, T; Manso, C; Christoffersen, M; 2013: A taxonomic guide to the brittle-stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the State of Paraíba continental shelf, Northeastern Brazil ZooKeys, 307: 45-96. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Devaney D (1974) Shallow-water echinoderms from British-Honduras, with a description of a new species of Ophiocoma (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science 24: 122-164.
- ↑ Pawson D (1978) The echinoderm fauna of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science 2: 1-31. doi: 10.5479/si.01960768.2.1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hendler G, Miller J, Pawson D, Kier P (1995) Sea stars, sea urchins and allies: echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 390 pp.
- ↑ Durán-González A, Laguarda-Figueras A, Solís-Marín F, Sánchez B, Ahearn C, Torres-Vega J (2005) Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Revista de Biologia Tropical 53: 53-68.
- ↑ Cohen-Rengifo M, Bessudo S, Soler G (2009) Echinoderms, Malpelo fauna and flora sanctuary, Colombian Pacific: New reports and distributional issues. Check List 5: 702-711.
- ↑ Albuquerque M (1986) Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata) da plataforma continental do norte e nordeste brasileiro. PhD thesis, São Paulo: University of São Paulo.
- ↑ Lima-Verde J (1969) Primeira contribuiçăo ao inventário dos equinodermos do Nordeste brasileiro. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar 9: 9-13.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gondim A, Lacouth P, Alonso C, Manso C (2008) Echinodermata da Praia do Cabo Branco, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 8: 151–159. http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v8n2/pt/abstract?inventory+bn02408022008, doi: 10.1590/S1676-06032008000200016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Tommasi L (1970) Os ofiuróides recentes do Brasil e de regiões vizinhas. Contribuições do Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo Série Oceanografia Biológica 20: 1–146. doi: 10.1590/S0373-55241971000100001
- ↑ Miranda A, Lima M, Sovierzoski H, Correia M (2012) Inventory of the Echinodermata collection from the Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Biota Neotropica 12: 136-146. doi: 10.1590/S1676-06032012000200014
- ↑ Alves O, Cerqueira W (2000) Echinodermata das praias de Salvador (Bahia, Brasil). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 17: 543-553. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752000000200024
- ↑ Brito I (1960) Os ofiuroides do Rio de Janeiro. Parte I - Ophiotrichidae, Ophiochtonidae e Ophiactidae. Avulsos do Centro de Estudos Zoológicos da Universidade de Brasília 6: 1-4.
- ↑ Madsen F (1970) West African Ophiuroids. Atlantide Report 11: 151-243.
- ↑ Hyman L (1955) The Invertebrates: Echinodermata. Volume 4. McGraw-Hill, New York, 63 pp.
- ↑ Cuénot L (1948) Anatomie, éthologie et systématiques des echinoderms. In: Grassé P (Ed). Masson, Paris: 3-275.
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