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Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938

206212  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206212)

 unaccepted (lowered to subgeneric rank by AM Clark (1967), then synonymized with Macrophiothrix)
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  1. Species Placophiothrix albolineata H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix albolineata (H.L. Clark, 1938) (synonym)
  2. Species Placophiothrix albostriata (H.L. Clark, 1928) accepted as Macrophiothrix albostriata (H.L. Clark, 1928) (synonym)
  3. Species Placophiothrix aristulata (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) aristulata Lyman, 1879
  4. Species Placophiothrix encarsia H.L. Clark, 1939 accepted as Macrophiothrix encarsia (H.L. Clark, 1939) (synonym)
  5. Species Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887) accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
  6. Species Placophiothrix infirma (Koehler, 1905) accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) infirma Koehler, 1905
  7. Species Placophiothrix lineocaerulea (H.L. Clark, 1928) accepted as Macrophiothrix lineocaerulea (H.L. Clark, 1928) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Placophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868) accepted as Macrophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Placophiothrix phrixa H.L. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887)
  10. Species Placophiothrix plana (Lyman, 1874) accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) plana Lyman, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905) accepted as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) proteus Koehler, 1905
  12. Species Placophiothrix purpurea (von Martens, 1867) accepted as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867
  13. Species Placophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Placophiothrix striolata (Grube, 1868) accepted as Macrophiothrix striolata (Grube, 1868) (synonym)
  15. Species Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869) accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) trilineata Lütken, 1869
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 309 [details]   
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206212 on 2024-03-29
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original description Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 309 [details]   

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

additional source Liao Y. & Clark AM. (1995). The echinoderms of southern China. Science Press, China. [details]   

source of synonymy O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006
page(s): Supplement [details]   

source of synonymy Price, A.R.G. & Rowe, F.W.E. (1996). Indian Ocean echinoderms collected during the Sindbad Voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. <em>Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.).</em> 62(2): 71.82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/78479#/summary [details]   

source of synonymy Hoggett, A.K. 1990. Taxonomy and systematic position of the brittlestar genus Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Thesis, Univ. of Queensland, 398 pp [details]   
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Synonymy Placophiothrix forms a monophyletic clade with Macrophiothrix acc. to Hoggett (1990) and O'Hara et al. (2017, suppl.). [details]

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Remark Type species: Ophiothrix melanosticta Grube, 1868 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

synonymy In Subgenus (Placophiothrix) H.L. Clark, 1938 [details]