WoRMS taxon details
Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885
AphiaID: 125081
AphiaID: 125081
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Amphiura Forbes, 1843 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphiura denticulata Koehler, 1896 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Verrill, A.E., 1885. Results of the explorations made by the steamer "Albatross", off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Rep. U.S. Commnr Fish., 1883 : 503-699. [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] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1898. Echinoides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Nueve). Résultats des Campagnes scientifiques par Prince Albert I, Monaco, 12, 1-78, 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18768#page/7/mode/1up [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: lower St. Lawrence estuary; Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details] Habitat: bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125081 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885. 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=125081 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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