Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi

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 hirsuta
Subspecies: Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi

Name

• Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi (Lyman, 1861)

Synonymy

• Macrophiothrix brevipeda H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by A.M. Clark (1968)
  • Type locality: South Africa, Natal, off Umhlangakulu River, the mouth of which was NW by N 7 miles. 29.795284°S 31.1550370°E / -29.795284; 31.1550370. Depth 50 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-4345 [1]
  • Paratype: MCZ OPH-4344 [2]
• Ophiothrix cheneyi Lyman, 1861
  • Subspecific assignment by A.M. Clark (1968)
  • Type locality: Zanzibar
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-2343 [3]
  • Paratype: MCZ OPH-4097 [4]

References

• Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 16(7): 277-322, 1pl. BHL Reference page.  [as Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi p. 290–292 (status, synonymy)]
• 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 brevipeda p. 84–85 (original description)]
• Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 75-86. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiothrix cheneyi p. 84–85 (original description)]