WoRMS taxon details
Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938
243300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243300)
accepted
Species
Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted
Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted
Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Macrophiothrix megapoma H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243300 on 2025-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
original description (of Macrophiothrix scotia 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]
original description (of Macrophiothrix spinifera 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]
original description (of Macrophiothrix sticta 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]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Macrophiothrix scotia 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]
original description (of Macrophiothrix spinifera 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]
original description (of Macrophiothrix sticta 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]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hoggett, A.K. 1990. Taxonomy and systematic position of the brittlestar genus Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Thesis, Univ. of Queensland, 398 pp [details]





Paratype (of Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938) MCZ OPH-5119 [details]
Paratype (of Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938) MCZ OPH-5126 [details]
Paratype (of Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938) MCZ OPH-5127 [details]
Paratype MCZ OPH-2355 [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrophiothrix megapoma)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2345) (from synonym Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2355)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5118) (from synonym Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5119) (from synonym Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5125) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5126) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5127) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrophiothrix megapoma)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2345) (from synonym Macrophiothrix sticta H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2355)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5118) (from synonym Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5119) (from synonym Macrophiothrix scotia H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5125) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5126) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5127) (from synonym Macrophiothrix spinifera H.L. Clark, 1938)