Species Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 75-86 [83].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 2399, Kiribati (as Kingsmill Ils). - Ophiothrix triloba von Martens, E. 1870. Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36(3): 244-263 [260].
Type data:
Syntype(s) IZAC 2455 1 specimen, Red Sea; ZMB 1750, Red Sea. - Ophiothrix bedoti de Loriol, P. 1893. Echinodermes de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 359-426 pls 13-15 [420 pl. 15(1)].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH E4/31, Ambon, Indonesia. - Ophiothrix schmidti D'yakonov, A.M. 1930. Echiniden, Ophiuriden und Astereiden gessammelt von Prof. P.J. Schmidt be den Riu Kiu Inseln im Jahre 1926–7. Zoologische Jahrbücher 59: 233-252 pls 12, 13 [237, pl. 12(1,2)].
Type data:
Holotype ZML 5038, Okinawa, Japan. - Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) westwardi Devaney, D.M. 1974. Shallow-water asterozoans of south-eastern Polynesia. 2. Ophiuroidea. Micronesica 10: 105-204 [143, figs 8-14].
Type data:
Holotype USNM (depository uncertain), Pele, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Ils.
Paratype(s) USNM E11723 1 specimen; USNM E11724 2 specimens; USNM E11727 2 specimens; USNM E11728 2 specimens; WAM Z1982 1 specimen (old number: 150-72), Marquesas Is, South Pacific; WAM Z1983 2 specimens (old number: 151-72), Marquesas Is, South Pacific; WAM Z1984 1 specimen (old number: 152-72), Marquesas Is, South Pacific; WAM Z1985 1 specimen (old number: 153-72), Marquesas Is, South Pacific.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1130]
Generic Combinations
- Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Africa
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [149-150, pl. 5(1-2), fig. 61(11-12)] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) propinqua)
Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16(7): 277-322 figs 1-10 pl. 1 [283-284, fig. 2e] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) propinqua)
Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [145-146] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) propinqua)
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. [82-83] (as Macrophiothrix bedoti)
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 [279] (as Ophiothrix triloba)
Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [113] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [90-91] (as Ophiotrichoides propinqua)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [232-233] (as Ophiotrichoides propinqua)
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 [127] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1130-1133, fig. 28-29] (as Macrophiothrix propinqua)
Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [11-12] (as Macrophiothrix propinqua)
Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [98-100, pl. 3(20-22)] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [81] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
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 [256-257, pl. 38(1-2), 101(4)] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
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 [134] (as Ophiothrix bedoti)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [229, fig. 112e, 113f, 114e, 115e, 116e] (as Macrophiothrix schmidti)
Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [234] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [54] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [220] (as Ophiothrix propinqua)
Marsh, L.M. 1986. Echinoderms. In Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringaham Reef, north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 63-74 [71] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) propinqua)
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 propinqua)
Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Yaeyama, Ryukyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(5): 205-222, 2 figs [209] (as Macrophiothrix schmidti)
Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1996. Indian Ocean echinoderrms collected during the 'Sindbad' voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 62(2): 71-82 [76] (as Macrophiothrix propinqua)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [415-416] (as Macrophiothrix propinqua)
Sloan, N.A., Clark, A.M. & Taylor, J.D. 1979. The echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 37(2): 81-128 figs 1-22 [103] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) propinqua)
Studer, T. 1882. Übersicht über die Ophiuriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–1876 gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1: 1-37, pls 1-3 [26] (as Ophiothrix triloba)
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