Species Macrophiothrix rhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1915)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix rhabdota 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 [278, pl. 13(4)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3816, Murray Is. (as Mer), Torres Strait, QLD.
Paratype(s) MCZ 3817–3818 4 specimens; BMNH 1967.11.14.9 1 specimen.
Generic Combinations
- Macrophiothrix rhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1915).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
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 [304-305, fig. 3r, 4w, 6b, 7p] (as Macrophiothrix rhabdota)
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 rhabdota)
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, pl. 15(6-7)] (as Ophiothrix rhabdota)
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 [286-287] (as Macrophiothrix rhabdota)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [220-221] (as Macrophiothrix rhabdota)
Guille, A. & Wolff, W.J. 1984. Résultats biologiques de l'Expédition Snellius Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea I. 1 fig., 6 pis. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 213: 138 [19-20, fig. 3k-n, pl. 1(c-d)] (as Macrophiothrix rhabdota)
Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1133-1135, fig. 30, 31a-c] (as Macrophiothrix rhabdota)
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 [230-233, pl. 31(5)] (as Ophiothrix expedita var rhabdota)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [416] (as Macrophiothrix rhabdota)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |