Macrophiothrix martensi (Lyman, 1874) 
AphiaID: 405285

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		Ophiopteron gratum Koehler, 1922 (synonym) Ophiothrix (Keystonea) irregularis (H. L. Clark, 1938) Ophiothrix (Keystonea) martensi Lyman, 1874 (synonym) Ophiothrix martensi Lyman, 1874 (synonym) Ophiothrix vindex Koehler, 1930 (synonym) Ophiotrichoides irregularis H.L. Clark, 1938 (synonym) Ophiotrichoides martensi (Lyman, 1874) (synonym) Ophiotrichoides martensi australis (H.L. Clark, 1921) (synonym)
Sources		original description (from synonym): Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., Vol. 3: 221-272, 7 pls (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Loisette, M.M. & J.I. Marshall (1983). Some aspects of the Zoogeography of Northwestern Australian Echinoderms (other than Holothurians), Bull. of Marine Science, 33(3): 671-684 [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Koehler, R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin, 100(5), 1-486. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Clark, H.L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia: an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932 Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 55: 1-596 (28 plates) (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d’Australie et dans l’Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening, 89, 1-295, 22 pl. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Macrophiothrix martensi australis (H.L. Clark, 1921)
Environment		marine
Link		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Note		Classification: This species name was created here to reflect the fact that Keystonea has been synonymised with Macrophiothrix. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405285
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2009-06-23 07:41:53Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Macrophiothrix martensi (Lyman, 1874). 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=405285 on 2013-06-19