Ophiuroidea taxon details
original description
(of Ophiothrix cheneyi Lyman, 1861) Lyman, T. (1861). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist.</em> 8: 75-86., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492489 [details]
original description
(of Macrophiothrix brevipeda 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 [details]
new combination reference
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 page(s): 284-285; note: subspecific assignment [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution General distribution: southern Red Sea and Arabia, east Africa to Mossel Bay (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Type locality Zanzibar [details]
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