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Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
Colour in life: very varied, dorsal disc uniformly black to pale brown to black variegated pattern, dorsal arm plates brown or paler brown regions several segments wide (Humphreys, 1981), ventral disc is light coloured or variegated, never uniformly dark.
Synonymised names:
Ophiocoma alternans von Martens, 1870 (synonym)
Ophiocoma lubrica Koehler, 1898 (synonym)
Ophiocoma molaris Lyman, 1861
Ophiocoma variabilis Grube, 1857 (synonym)
Ophiura scolopendrina Lamarck, 1816
Colour in life: very varied, dorsal disc uniformly black to pale brown to black variegated pattern, dorsal arm plates brown or paler brown regions several segments wide (Humphreys, 1981), ventral disc is light coloured or variegated, never uniformly dark.
Synonymised names:
Ophiocoma alternans von Martens, 1870 (synonym)
Ophiocoma lubrica Koehler, 1898 (synonym)
Ophiocoma molaris Lyman, 1861
Ophiocoma variabilis Grube, 1857 (synonym)
Ophiura scolopendrina Lamarck, 1816