Species Macrophiothrix paucispina Hoggett, 1991
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Macrophiothrix paucispina Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1125-1129, figs 26-27].
Type data:
Holotype NTM Q4885, Nightcliff Reef, Darwin, NT.
Paratype(s) NTM Q4886; NTM Q4887; NTM Q4935; NTM Q4936; NTM Q4938; NTM Q4669; NTM Q4770; NTM Q4951.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [204] (as Ophiothrix longipeda (in part))
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 [287-288] (as Macrophiothrix belli)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [221] (as Macrophiothrix belli)
Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [124] (as Macrophiothrix belli)
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 paucispina)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [415] (as Macrophiothrix paucispina)
History of changes
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