Species Macrophiothrix lineocaerulea (H.L. Clark, 1928)

• Ophiothrix lineocaerulea 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 [432-433, fig. 129].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K218 (was E463), Gulf St Vincent or Spencer Gulf, SA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Placophiothrix lineocaerulea (H.L. Clark, 1928).
• Macrophiothrix lineocaerulea (H.L. Clark, 1928).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine.

 

General References

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, pl. 15(6)] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) lineocaerulea)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [310-311] (as Placophiothrix lineocaerulea)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [225] (as Placophiothrix lineocaerulea)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [427] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) lineocaerulea)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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