Species Macrophiothrix oliveri (Benham, 1911)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiothrix oliveri Benham, W.B. 1911. Stellerids and echinids from the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 43: 140–163 figs 1–23 [154-156, fig. 14-17].

 

Generic Combinations

• Macrophiothrix oliveri (Benham, 1911). —
  Hoggett, A.K. 1990. Taxonomy and systematic position of the brittlestar genus Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Unpublished PhD thesis. xviii + 412 pp.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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 oliveri)

Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91-177 figs 1-36 pls 3-4 [118-120, fig. 8] (as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oliveri)

 

History of changes

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