Species Macrophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiothrix melanosticta Grube, A.E. 1868. Ueber einige seltenere oder neue Ophiuriden. Jahrbuch Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Kult. Breslau 45: 44-45 [45].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, China or Japan.
• Ophiothrix darwini Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117–177, 509–512, pls 8–17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881–2. [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Port Darwin, NT.

 

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. [113]

 

Generic Combinations

• Placophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868).
• Macrophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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, 113, pl. 15(9-10)] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) melanosticta)

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 melanosticta)

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] (as Ophiothrix melanosticta)

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 [311-313, pl. 12(3-5)] (as Placophiothrix melanosticta)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [224] (as Placophiothrix melanostica)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [77-79, pl. 8(4-6), 14(3)] (as Ophiothrix melanosticta)

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 [251-252, pl. 59(5-6), 100(5)] (as Ophiothrix melanosticta)

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] (as Ophiothrix melanosticta)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [252-253] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) melanosticta)

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 [222] (as Ophiothrix melanosticta)

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

 

History of changes

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