Overview
Distribution
Kenya, Tanzania
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Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) Zoologische Documentatie 19. 39 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6000
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Cherbonnier, G. (1974). Presence de l'holothurie apode Opheostoma spectabilis Fisher sur la cote Est de l'Ile de Zanzibar. Bull. Mus. Natn Hist. Nat., Paris 3ieme serie 253, Zoologie 175: 1445-1447.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6291
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Source:
World Register of Marine Species
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Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
Description
Colour in life: deep brown above becoming greyish below, in contracted state becomes red-brown (Humphreys, 1981). Also distributed in Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
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Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) Zoologische Documentatie 19. 39 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6000
© WoRMS for SMEBD
Source:
World Register of Marine Species
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Type Information
Paratype for Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907
Catalog Number: USNM 30397
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Oahu Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Vessel: Albatross R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 30397
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Oahu Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Paratype: Fisher. 1907. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 32(1555): 723-727, pl.66, pl.80, fig.1, 1a-d, pl.81, fig.2.; Fisher. 1907. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 32(1555): 723-727, pl.66, pl.80, fig.1, 1a-d, pl.81, fig.2.
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Holotype for Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907
Catalog Number: USNM 21226
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Oahu Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Vessel: Albatross R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 21226
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Oahu Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Holotype: Fisher. 1907. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 32(1555): 723-727, pl.66, pl.80, fig.1, 1a-d, pl.81, fig.2.; Fisher. 1907. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 32(1555): 723-727, pl.66, pl.80, fig.1, 1a-d, pl.81, fig.2.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 10
Temperature range (°C): 27.099 - 27.099
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.086 - 0.086
Salinity (PPS): 34.929 - 34.929
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.657 - 4.657
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.085 - 0.085
Silicate (umol/l): 1.887 - 1.887
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 10
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 10
Temperature range (°C): 27.099 - 27.099
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.086 - 0.086
Salinity (PPS): 34.929 - 34.929
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.657 - 4.657
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.085 - 0.085
Silicate (umol/l): 1.887 - 1.887
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 10
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Opheodesoma spectabilis
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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