Amphiura diastata (Murakami, 1942) 
AphiaID: 242927

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus)

Status		temporary name (homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Synonymised taxa		Amphilepis diastata Murakami, 1942 (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1965))
Sources		original description: McClendon, J.F. 1909. The ophiurans of the San Diego region. University of California Publications in Zoology, 6(3), 33-64. [details] basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 19(1): 1-81. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M. 1965. Japanese and other ophiuroids from the collections of the Munich museum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 13(2), 39-71, 1 pl. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyusyu Imperial University, 7(1), 1-36, 12 figs. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS
Note		Taxonomic Remark: Transferred to Amphiura by A.M. Clark 81965), which made it a homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909. Penging a revision this name is dubiuos. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242927
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-05-18 14:10:02Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-06-27 08:34:26Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura diastata (Murakami, 1942). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242927 on 2013-05-25