Macrophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816) 
AphiaID: 213190

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Macrophiothrix (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
Synonymised taxa		Ophiothrix (Keystonea) nereidina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym) Ophiothrix andersoni Duncan, 1887 (synonym) Ophiothrix cataphracta Martens, 1870 (synonym) Ophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym) Ophiotrichoides nereidina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym) Ophiura nereidina Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] additional source: Price A.R.G. & F.W.E. Rowe (1996). Indian Ocean echinoderms collected during the Sinbad Voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.) 62(2): 71-82 [details] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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 of the Museum. Linnean Society Journal of Zoology, 21, 85-106, 2 pl. & 107-120, 2 pl. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lamarck, J.B. de. 1816. Ordre Second. Radiaires Échinodermes. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 2, 522-568. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Martens, E. v. (1870). Die Ophiuriden des indischen Oceans. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 36: 244-262. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Notes		Description: Description: similar to M. propinqua, with a colour pattern of bright blue, narrow lines across each dorsal arm plate (Richmond, 1998). [details] Remark: Subgenus: (Keystonea) in A.M. Clark, 1984. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213190
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1998-08-05 12:14:21Z   created   Fondo, Esther 2001-10-31 11:20:00Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2009-06-23 07:41:53Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Macrophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213190 on 2013-05-25