Species Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)

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• Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, W. 1855. Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. Echinodermata. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7(10): 385-387 [385].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP (depository uncertain, whereabouts undetermined), Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Placophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855).
• Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [428-430, fig. 10:15a-b, 10:17b] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(11): 519-564, pls 47-58 [546-547] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 132-173 fig. 1 pls 17-26 [153] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

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 [272] (as Ophiothrix fumaria)

Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [92] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [434-435] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

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 [314] (as Placophiothrix spongicola)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [227] (as Placophiothrix spongicola)

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 [150] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

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 [233, pl. 4(33-36)] (as Ophiothrix fumaria)

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 [225] (as Ophiothrix fumaria)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [461] (as Ophiothrix spongicola)

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. pp. 279-304. [286] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [427] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola)

 

History of changes

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