Species Macrophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiura nereidina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 568 pp. [544].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP (depository uncertain), Australia.
• Ophiothrix cataphracta von Martens, E. 1870. Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36(3): 244-263 [259].
• Ophiothrix andersoni Duncan, P.M. 1887. On the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent at the Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 21: 85-106 pls 8-9, 11(28-40) [95, pls 9(12-13), 11(28-30)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI (depository uncertain), King Island Bay, Elphinstone Is., Burma.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [107]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina (Lamarck, 1816).
• Ophiotrichoides nereidina (Lamarck, 1816).
• Macrophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), 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. & 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. [86-87, 107, fig. 34b] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

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 [275] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [91] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [112-113, pl. 15(2,8-9)] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [205] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [306-307] (as Ophiotrichoides nereidina)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [232] (as Ophiotrichoides nereidina)

Irimura, S. 1969. Supplemental report of Dr. Murakami's paper on the ophiurans of Amakusa, Kyushu. Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyusku University 2(1): 37-48 [43-44] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans of Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26(1/3): 15-49, pl. 1 [32] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

Irimura, S. 1982. The Brittle-stars of Sagami Bay. Japan : Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household 95 pp, 15 pls. [54-55, fig 32, pl. 12(3-4)] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

Irimura, S. & Tachikawa, H. 2003. Ophiuroids from the Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara Research 28: 1-26 [10] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [133] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

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 [97] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [81-82] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [252, pl. 101(1)] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [145-146] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [244, fig. 128a] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

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 nereidina)

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 [221] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

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 [70] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

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 Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [224-225, fig. 61, pl. 4(6)] (as Ophiothrix nereidina)

Murakami, S. 1944. Note on the ophiurans from Amakusa, Kyusyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(8): 259-280 5 fig 1 pl. [268] (as Ophiotrichoides nereidina)

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 [75-76] (as Macrophiothrix nereidina)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [426] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina)

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 nereidina)

 

History of changes

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