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Amphiura apicula Cherbonnier, 1957 
AphiaID: 125069

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources  original description: Cherbonnier, G. 1957. Une Ophiure nouvelle de Méditerranée: Amphiura apicula nov. sp. Vie et Milieu, 8(2), 200-204. [details]

basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy: Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Banyuls-sur-Mer [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
Note  Status: This may be a valid species due to its much shallower occurrence than A. grandisquama. Paterson (1985) didn't discuss this synonymy. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125069
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphiura apicula Cherbonnier, 1957. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125069 on 2013-05-21
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