Macrophiothrix megapoma

Macrophiothrix megapoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiothricidae
Genus: Macrophiothrix
Species: Macrophiothrix megapoma

Name

• Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Penguin Channel. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, "Magneta" St. IX. Depth 12-14 fms.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1936.6.2.1 [1]
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-2355 [2]; WAM Z1976; WAM Z1977

Synonymy

• Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by Hoggett (1990)
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Broome, Entrance Point. 18.006081°S 122.211671°E / -18.006081; 122.211671.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-5118 [3]
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-5119 [4]; BMNH 1967.11.14.7 [5]
• Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by Hoggett (1990)
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Broome, Entrance Point. 18.006081°S 122.211671°E / -18.006081; 122.211671.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-5125 [6]
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-5126 [7]; MCZ OPH-5127 [8]; BMNH 1967.11.14.8 [9]
• Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by Hoggett (1990)
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Sharks Bay, northwest of Middle Bluff. 25.916826°S 114.048801°E / -25.916826; 114.048801. Depth 6-8 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-2345 [10]

References

• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Macrophiothrix megapoma p. 297–299 (original description)] [as Macrophiothrix scotia p. 300–302 (original description)] [as Macrophiothrix spinifera p. 302–304 (original description)] [as Macrophiothrix sticta p. 304–305 (original description)]
• Hoggett, A.K. 1990. Taxonomy and systematic position of the brittlestar genus Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). PhD Thesis. The University of Queensland. 412: pp Online Reference page.