Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck)

(Pl. VI. Fig. c)

1816. Ophiura longipeda : Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 2: 544.

1971. Macrophiothrix longipeda : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow water Indo-west pacific echinoderms, p. 114 (key), p.82-83 (distribution).

1991. Macrophiothrix longipeda : Sastry, D.R.K. State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep. p. 377.

2007. Macrophiothrix longipeda : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India Occ. Paper No. 271: 142.

Material: KA-23 . Dt. 14.02.2018. One spec. Disc covered by spinose stumps. Disc and arms blue with dark spots on both sides .

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: Indo-West Pacific from East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands excluding Red Sea and Persian Gulf.