WoRMS taxon details
Amphilimna Verrill, 1899
AphiaID: 204836
AphiaID: 204836
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Ophiocnida olivacea Lyman, 1869 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphitarsus H.L. Clark, 1941 (synonymized by Devaney (1974)) Anamphiura H.L. Clark, 1939 Sinophiura Liao, 1983 (revision) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulluetin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1-154. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Devaney, D.M. (1974). Shallow-water asterozoans of Southeastern Polynesia II. Ophiuroidea. Micronesica 10(1): 105-204. page(s): 122 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The echinoderms (other than Holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad cubana de Historia natural, “Felipe Poey”, 15(1), 1-154. page(s): 83 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Amphilimna cribriformis A.M. Clark, 1974 Species Amphilimna granulosa Liao, 1989 Species Amphilimna mirabilis (H.L. Clark, 1941) Species Amphilimna multispina Koehler, 1922 Species Amphilimna nike Schoener, 1967 Species Amphilimna olivacea (Lyman, 1869) Species Amphilimna polyacantha Liao, 1983 Species Amphilimna sinica Liao, 1989 Species Amphilimna tanyodes Devaney, 1974 Species Amphilimna transacta (Koehler, 1930) Species Amphilimna valida (Clark, 1939) Species Amphilimna caribea (Ljungman, 1872) accepted as Ophiopsila caribea (Ljungman, 1872) Species Amphilimna libera (Koehler, 1907) accepted as Dougaloplus libera (Koehler, 1907) Species Amphilimna pentacantha H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Dougaloplus amphacanthus (McClendon, 1909) Species Amphilimna sexradia (Duncan, 1887) accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Taxonomic Remark: Placement in Amphiuridae is doubtful, but placement in Ophiacanthidae likewise. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204836 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphilimna Verrill, 1899. 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=204836 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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