Species Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix demessa Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 75-86 [82].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 2278, Hawaiian Ils (as Sandwich Ils).
Paratype(s) MCZ 2279–2281; MCZ 4095 5 specimens. - Ophiothrix mauritiensis de Loriol, P. 1893. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Île Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. Supplement. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 32(3): 1-64 pls 23-25 [38 pl. 24(5)].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH 780/62, Mauritius. - Ophiothrix coronata Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [91, pl. 9(8)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA E2479, 07º02´N 130º25´30˜E, north of New Guinea. - Macrophiothrix mossambica Balinsky, J.B. 1957. The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Annals of the Natal Museum 14(1): 1-32 figs 1-7 pl. 1 [15, 18, fig. 7, pl. 3(11-12)].
Type data:
Holotype SAM, Ponta Torres coral reef, Inhaca Is. (Mozambique).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1089]
Generic Combinations
- Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, South Africa
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine.
General References
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [151-152, pl. 4(1-2), fig. 61(7-9)] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 195: 3-133, figs 1-22 [39-41] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16(7): 277-322 figs 1-10 pl. 1 [289-291, fig. 3e, f, 4h, 5h, 7e] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [138, fig. 108] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [82-83, fig. 37f, pl. 16(7)] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [270] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [438] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [109] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [83] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [217] (as Amphiophiothrix demessa)
Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1089-1094, fig. 6-7] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [11] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [91-92, pl. 9(5-6)] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Koehler, R. 1922. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Ophiurans of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(5): 1-486, pls 1-103 [217-218, pl. 40(5), 41(1-4), 98(1)] (as Ophiothrix coronata)
Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [137] (as Ophiothrix coronata)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [221-222, fig. 112g, 113h, 114h, 115f, 116f] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [226] (as Ophiothrix demessa)
Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [70] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1996. Indian Ocean echinoderrms collected during the 'Sindbad' voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 62(2): 71-82 [75] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [413] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
Sloan, N.A., Clark, A.M. & Taylor, J.D. 1979. The echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 37(2): 81-128 figs 1-22 [102] (as Macrophiothrix demessa)
History of changes
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