Species Macrophiothrix martensi (Lyman, 1874)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiothrix martensi 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 [234-235, pl. 4(9-10)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 2373, Philippines.
Paratype(s) MCZ 2589 5 specimens; MCZ 4098 5 specimens. - Ophiopteron gymnatum McIntosh, D.C. 1910. The marine fauna of the Mergui Archipelago, Lower Burma. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 8: 154-173, 2 figs [167, fig. 1-2].
- Ophiopteron gratum 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 [302-305, pl. 60(3-4), pl. 103(2)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 41307 1 specimen (Albatross stn 5152), Sulu Archipelago, Tawitawi Islands, Tawitawi Island, Sulu Sea, North Pacific Ocean, 62m [5°22.917'N, 120°15.75'E]. - Ophiothrix vindex 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 [185-187, pl. 12(5)].
- Ophiotrichoides irregularis 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 [308-309, fig. 25].
Type data:
Holotype AM J6042 1 specimen, Port Curtis [23°55'S, 151°39'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mortensen, T. 1932. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. LX. On an extraordinary ophiurid, Ophiocanops fugiens Koehler. With remarks on Astrogymnotes, Ophiopteron, and on an albino Ophiocoma. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 93: 1-21 figs 1-16 pl. 1 [17-18, fig. 16] (as Ophiothrix martensi; Synonymises Ophiopteron gratum and O. gymnatum)
- 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] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) irregularis; suspects that it is O. martensi)
Generic Combinations
- Macrophiothrix martensi (Lyman, 1874).
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- 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 [111]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine.
General References
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 [282] (as Ophiopteron gymnatum)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [233] (as Ophiotrichoides irregularis)
Guille, A. & Wolff, W.J. 1984. Résultats biologiques de l'Expédition Snellius Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea I. 1 fig., 6 pis. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 213: 138 [32] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) martensi)
Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [80] (as Ophiothrix martensi)
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 [250-251, pl. 39(3-5), 100(4)] (as Ophiothrix martensi)
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 [144-145] (as Ophiothrix martensi)
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 [55] (as Ophiothrix Martensi)
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 martensi)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [425] (as Ophiothrix (Keystonea) martensi)
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 martensi)
History of changes
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