Species Macrophiothrix obtusa (Koehler, 1905)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix obtusa Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [98-99, pl. 11(6-10), 16(5)].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA E2558, Sapeh Strait, Indonesia, [8°23'03"S, 119°04'04"E].
Paralectotype(s) ZMA E260 2 syntypes, Kampong Menanga, Indonesia; MCZ 3518 1 specimen; ZMA E2559 4 specimens; MCZ 2560 2 specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1122].
Generic Combinations
- Macrophiothrix obtusa (Koehler, 1905).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
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 [276] (as Ophiothrix obtusa)
Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1122-1125, fig. 24-25] (as Macrophiothrix obtusa)
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 [pl. 33(12)] (as Ophiothrix obtusa)
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 [146] (as Ophiothrix obtusa)
Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [225, fig. 62] (as Ophiothrix obtusa)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [415] (as Macrophiothrix obtusa)
History of changes
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