Species Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macrophiothrix megapoma 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 [297-299, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1936.6.2.1, Penguin Channel, N QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 2355.
• Macrophiothrix scotia 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 [300-302, pl. 24(2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 5118, Entrance Point, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 5119 8 specimens; BMNH 1967.11.14.7; WAM Z1976 1 specimen (old number: 243-39), Broome, WA; AM J6226 3 specimens, Broome, WA.
• Macrophiothrix spinifera 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 [302-304, pl. 24(3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 5125, Entrance Point, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 5126–5127; BMNH 1967.11.14.8; WAM Z1977 1 specimen (old number: 244-39), Broome, WA; AM J6222 3 specimens, Broome, WA.
• Macrophiothrix sticta 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 [304-305, fig. 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 2345, northwest of Middle Bluff, Shark Bay, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1111]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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 [306, fig. 3t, 4z, 6e, 7s] (as Macrophiothrix scotia)

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. [84-85] (as Macrophiothrix sticta)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [219] (as Macrophiothrix sticta)

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 megapoma)

Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146, 36 figs [1111-1116, fig. 18-19] (as Macrophiothrix megapoma)

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 longipeda (in part))

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 longipeda; Paratype from stn 186)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [414] (as Macrophiothrix megapoma)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)