Macrophiothrix demessa

Macrophiothrix demessa

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 demessa

Name

Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861)

original combination: Ophiothrix demessa Lyman, 1861

Type locality: Hawaii, Sandwich Islands.

Holotype: MCZ OPH-2278 [1].

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-2279 [2]; MCZ OPH-2280 [3]; MCZ OPH-2281 [4]; MCZ OPH-2578 [5]; MCZ OPH-4095 [6].

Synonymy

• Ophiothrix demessa Lyman, 1861: 82–83; — Ely, 1942: 44–45, pl. 11 fig. A, fig. 11; — H.L. Clark, 1921: 109; — A.H. Clark, 1949: 39–41.
• Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861); — Olbers, Samyn & Griffiths, 2015: 98–99, pl. 4 figs. E–F.

References

• Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 195: 3-133. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 75-86. BHL Reference page. 
• Olbers, J.M., Samyn, Y. & Griffiths, C.L. 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11(1): 83-116. DOI: 10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3 Reference page.