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New records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Lakshadweep atolls, northern Indian Ocean, with notes on Indophioderma ganapatii Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019

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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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000551064500002

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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

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