Species Macrophiothrix leucosticha Hoggett, 1991
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Macrophiothrix leucosticha Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1100-1103, fig. 12-13].
Type data:
Holotype NTM Q4981, Northwest passage into Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, off NW Western Australia.
Paratype(s) NTM Q4985 1 specimen; NTM Q5424 2 specimens; NTM Q5425 1 specimen.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine.
General References
Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [11] (as Macrophiothrix leucosticha)
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 [235-238, pl. 31(4), 33(9)] (as Ophiothrix longipeda (in part))
Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp. [61] (as Macrophiothrix leucosticha)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [413] (as Macrophiothrix leucosticha)
History of changes
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