AfReMaS taxon details
Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
205728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205728)
accepted
Genus
Ophiothrix (Keystonea) A.M. Clark, 1967 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (synonymized with Macrophiothrix)
Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (lowered to subgeneric rank by AM...)
lowered to subgeneric rank by AM Clark (1967), then synonymized with Macrophiothrix
- Species Macrophiothrix aspidota (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)
- Species Macrophiothrix galatheae (Lütken, 1872)
- Species Macrophiothrix hirsuta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Macrophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)
- Species Macrophiothrix robillardi (de Loriol, 1893)
- Species Macrophiothrix galateae (Lütken, 1872) accepted as Macrophiothrix galatheae (Lütken, 1872) (misspelling)
- Species Macrophiothrix mossambica J.B Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)
- Species Macrophiothrix picturata (de Loriol, 1893) accepted as Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205728 on 2025-05-18
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205728 on 2025-05-18
Date
action
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2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
original description (of Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938) Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Ophiothrix (Keystonea) A.M. Clark, 1967) Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 13.</em> vol. ix: 637-655, pls X, XI.
page(s): 645-646 [details]
taxonomy source Hoggett, A.K. 1990. Taxonomy and systematic position of the brittlestar genus Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Thesis, Univ. of Queensland, 398 pp [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
source of synonymy Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938) Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Ophiothrix (Keystonea) A.M. Clark, 1967) Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 13.</em> vol. ix: 637-655, pls X, XI.
page(s): 645-646 [details]
taxonomy source Hoggett, A.K. 1990. Taxonomy and systematic position of the brittlestar genus Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Thesis, Univ. of Queensland, 398 pp [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
source of synonymy Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146. [details] Available for editors
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