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Species List for Genus: Ophiothrix
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  • Genus: Ophiothrix

  • Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) lepidus de Loriol, 1893
    Marine, White and red disc covered in long white spines, 5 brittle, very spiny arms. Found in sponge gardens and on the rocky seabed living up on the upper branches of gorgonian and black corals from about 80 metres
    Recorded mainly from the Southwest Pacific, Kermadec and Norfolk Islands, but has recently been found in the Far North of NZ
    KA
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil