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Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938

205728  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205728)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiactoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiotrichidae (Family)
  13. Macrophiothrix (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Amphiophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1946 · unaccepted (synonymized with Macrophiothrix...)  
synonymized with Macrophiothrix by A.M. Clark (1968)
Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (synonymized with Macrophiothrix)
Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (lowered to subgeneric rank by AM...)  
lowered to subgeneric rank by AM Clark (1967), then synonymized with Macrophiothrix

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  1. Species Macrophiothrix albolineata (H.L. Clark, 1938)
  2. Species Macrophiothrix albostriata (H.L. Clark, 1928)
  3. Species Macrophiothrix aspidota (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  4. Species Macrophiothrix bellax (Koehler, 1922)
  5. Species Macrophiothrix belli (Döderlein, 1896)
  6. Species Macrophiothrix caenosa Hoggett, 2006
  7. Species Macrophiothrix callizona H.L. Clark, 1938
  8. Species Macrophiothrix capillaris (Lyman, 1879)
  9. Species Macrophiothrix coerulea (Djakonov, 1930)
  10. Species Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)
  11. Species Macrophiothrix elongata H.L. Clark, 1938
  12. Species Macrophiothrix encarsia (H.L. Clark, 1939)
  13. Species Macrophiothrix expedita (Koehler, 1905)
  14. Species Macrophiothrix galatheae (Lütken, 1872)
  15. Species Macrophiothrix hirsuta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  16. Species Macrophiothrix hybrida (H.L. Clark, 1915)
  17. Species Macrophiothrix hymenacantha (H.L. Clark, 1928)
  18. Species Macrophiothrix koehleri A.M. Clark, 1968
  19. Species Macrophiothrix lampra H.L. Clark, 1938
  20. Species Macrophiothrix leucosticha Hoggett, 1991
  21. Species Macrophiothrix lineocaerulea (H.L. Clark, 1928)
  22. Species Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
  23. Species Macrophiothrix lorioli A.M. Clark, 1968
  24. Species Macrophiothrix martensi (Lyman, 1874)
  25. Species Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938
  26. Species Macrophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868)
  27. Species Macrophiothrix michaelseni (Koehler, 1907)
  28. Species Macrophiothrix nereidina (Lamarck, 1816)
  29. Species Macrophiothrix nobilis (Koehler, 1905)
  30. Species Macrophiothrix obtusa (Koehler, 1905)
  31. Species Macrophiothrix oliveri (Benham, 1911)
  32. Species Macrophiothrix paucispina Hoggett, 1991
  33. Species Macrophiothrix pawsoni Liao, 2004
  34. Species Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)
  35. Species Macrophiothrix pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1938)
  36. Species Macrophiothrix rhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1915)
  37. Species Macrophiothrix robillardi (de Loriol, 1893)
  38. Species Macrophiothrix smaragdina (Studer, 1882)
  39. Species Macrophiothrix speciosa (Koehler, 1898)
  40. Species Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)
  41. Species Macrophiothrix striolata (Grube, 1868)
  42. Species Macrophiothrix tenera (Brock, 1888)
  43. Species Macrophiothrix variabilis (Duncan, 1887)
  44. Species Macrophiothrix vicina (Koehler, 1930)
  45. Species Macrophiothrix virgata (Lyman, 1861)
  46. Species Macrophiothrix aristulata (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman, 1879 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) aristulata Lyman, 1879 (proposed in an unpublished Phd thesis)
  47. Species Macrophiothrix bedoti (de Loriol, 1893) accepted as Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861) (synonym)
  48. Species Macrophiothrix brevipeda H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi (Lyman, 1861)
  49. Species Macrophiothrix calyptaspis H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix callizona H.L. Clark, 1938
  50. Species Macrophiothrix coronata (Koehler, 1905) accepted as Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)
  51. Species Macrophiothrix galateae (Lütken, 1872) accepted as Macrophiothrix galatheae (Lütken, 1872) (misspelling)
  52. Species Macrophiothrix longimana (Djakonov, 1930) accepted as Macrophiothrix coerulea (Djakonov, 1930) (synonymized by Hoggett (1990))
  53. Species Macrophiothrix microplax (Bell, 1884) accepted as Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
  54. Species Macrophiothrix mossambica J.B Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)
  55. Species Macrophiothrix picturata (de Loriol, 1893) accepted as Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816)
  56. Species Macrophiothrix punctolimbata (v. Martens, 1870) accepted as Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Macrophiothrix rugosa H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix robillardi (de Loriol, 1893)
  58. Species Macrophiothrix schmidti (Djakonov, 1930) accepted as Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)
  59. Species Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938
  60. Species Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938
  61. Species Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938
  62. Species Macrophiothrix unicolor Liao, 1978 accepted as Macrophiothrix coerulea (Djakonov, 1930) (synonymized by Hoggett (1990))
  63. Species Macrophiothrix clementii Domantay, 1957 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, needs to be verified, dubious publication)
marine, brackish, 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 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205728 on 2025-05-17
Date
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by
1999-06-24 23:12:29Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2016-07-13 13:12:11Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

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 [details] 

original description (of Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938) 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] 

original description (of Amphiophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1946) Clark, H. L. (1946). The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> No. 566: 1-567., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=9nwcAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
page(s): 217 [details] 

original description (of Ophiothrix (Keystonea) A.M. Clark, 1967) Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 13.</em> vol. ix: 637-655, pls X, XI.
page(s): 645-646 [details] 

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source 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] 

source of synonymy Hoggett, A.K. 1991. The genus Macrophiothrix (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) in Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1077-1146. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Ophiura longipeda Lamarck, 1816 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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