Species Macrophiothrix striolata (Grube, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiothrix striolata 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 Sea.
• Ophiopteron punctocaeruleum Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [114-115, pl. 12(5-7), 15(6)] [(as Ophiopteron puncto-caeruleum)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2456, E2458, E2459 8 specimens, Flores Is., Roti Is., and Aru Is. Indonesia.

 

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 [13-16, fig. 13] (as Ophiothrix striolata)

 

Generic Combinations

• Placophiothrix striolata (Grube, 1868).
• Macrophiothrix striolata (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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) striolata)

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 punctocaeruleum)

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 [114, pl. 15(1)] (as Ophiothrix striolata)

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 striolata)

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 [314-315] (as Placophiothrix striolata)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [225-226] (as Placophiothrix striolata)

Guille, A. & Wolff, W.J. 1984. Résultats biologiques de l'Expédition Snellius Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea I. 1 fig., 6 pis. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 213: 138 [33] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) striolata)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [133-134] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) striolata)

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 [90-91] (as Ophiothrix striolata)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [76, pl. 15(2)] (as Ophiothrix striolata)

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 [305, pl. 58(5-7), 103(3)] (as Ophiopteron punctocaeruleum)

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 [151] (as Ophiothrix striolata)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [253, fig. 135] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) striolata)

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 striolata)

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 striolata)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [428] (as Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) striolata)

 

History of changes

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