Macrophiothrix rhabdota

Macrophiothrix rhabdota

Macrophiothrix rhabdota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 rhabdota

Name

Macrophiothrix rhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1915)

• Original combination: Ophiothrix rhabdota H.L. Clark, 1915

• Type locality: Torres Strait: Erub; Murray Islands, Mer. Sept.-Oct., 1913. Carnegie Exp. 1913. H. L. Clark coll.

• Holotype: MCZ OPH-3816 [1].

• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3817 [2]; MCZ OPH-3818 [3]; MCZ OPH-3876 [4].

Synonymy

• Ophiothrix rhabdota H.L. Clark, 1915, 278, pl. 13(4); — H.L. Clark, 1921: 113, pl. 15(6–7); — Downey, 1969: 197.
• Ophiothrix expedita var. rhabdota H.L. Clark, 1915; — Koehler, 1922: 230–233, pl. 31(5).
• Macrophiothrix rhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1915) H.L. Clark, 1938: 286–287.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL 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. 
• 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. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Macrophiothrix rhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1915) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on September 15, 2025

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