Species Macrophiothrix hymenacantha (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix hymenacantha Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [431-432, fig. 128].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K217 (was E462), Great Australian Bight, SA.
Generic Combinations
- Macrophiothrix hymenacantha (H.L. Clark, 1928).
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Unknown locality
Known only from type locality.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [176-177, fig. 60-62] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) hymenacantha)
Clark, A.M. 1967. Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9(106–8): 637-656 fig. 1 pls 10-11 [648] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) hymenacantha)
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. [86-87] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) hymenacantha)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [233] (as Ophiotrichoides hymenacantha; suggests specimen may be from northwestern coast of Australia)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [425] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) hymenacantha; depth and exact locality now known)
History of changes
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