Macrophiothrix, H. L. Clark, 1938

Fatemi, Yaser & Stöhr, Sabine, 2019, Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records, Zootaxa 4711 (1), pp. 77-106 : 90-91

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scientific name	Macrophiothrix
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Treatment

Macrophiothrix sp.

Habitat: Subtidal rock and coral reef. 1–7 m ( Price 1981).

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: Al Juraid Island (22), Tarut Bay (25) (ibid.).

Indian Ocean: n/a

Remarks: Price (1981) remarked that his eight specimens were intermediate between M. hirsuta cheneyi and M. elongata with regard to arm length, arm spines and the shape of dorsal and ventral arm plates. He did not discuss them in his more detailed later treatment ( Price 1983) and so their identity remains uncertain.

References

Price, A. R. G. (1981) Studies on the echinoderm fauna of the western Arabian Gulf. Journal of Natural History, 15, 1 - 15. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938100770011

Price, A. R. G. (1983) Echinoderms of Saudi Arabia: Echinoderms of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. In: Wittmer, W. & Buttiker, W. (Eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Karger Libri, Basel, pp. 28 - 108.