Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records Author Fatemi, Yaser Author Stöhr, Sabine text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-13 4711 1 77 106 journal article 24630 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.3 b79b7881-13e6-45d7-bec6-3105c1847cf5 1175-5326 3573466 93D1AB7B-26C2-427D-88A7-5D416E547BE0 Macrophiothrix hirsuta ( Müller & Troschel, 1842 ) Ophiothrix hirsuta Müller & Troschel, 1842: 111 . Macrophiothrix hirsuta hirsuta —A. M. Clark 1968: 294–296 , figs 3–5, 7. Habitat: Pools and under rocks, 3–4 m ( Clark & Bowen 1949 ; Mortensen 1940 ). Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman : Kish Island (7), Chabahar Bay (17), Tarut Bay (25) (ibid.). Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean ( Clark & Taylor 1971 ). Remarks: It is unclear whether these records refer to the subspecies M . hirsuta hirsuta or to M . hirsuta cheneyi , because none of the authors considered Ophiothrix cheneyi Lyman, 1861 in their comments. The subspecific separation and inclusion of O . cheneyi in Macrophiothrix was proposed by A. M. Clark (1968) , but she continued to refer to M . hirsuta without subspecific distinction ( Clark & Taylor 1971 ; Clark & Rowe 1971 ).