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Amphiura (Amphiura) dejectoides H.L. Clark, 1939 
AphiaID: 212339

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) > Amphiura (Amphiura) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphiura (Amphiura) inhacensis J.B. Balinsky, 1957 (synonym)
Amphiura inhacensis J.B. Balinsky, 1957 (synonym, alternate representation)
Sources  original description: Clark, H.L. (1939). Ophiuroidea. Scient. Rep. Murray Exped. 6: 29-136. [details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

source of synonymy: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

original description (from synonym): Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Price A.R.G. & F.W.E. Rowe (1996). Indian Ocean echinoderms collected during the Sinbad Voyage (1980-81): 3. Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.) 62(2): 71-82 [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Description: Description: arm length to 27 mm, disc diameter to 3.5 mm. Disc and arms mottled grey, pale blue and cream. Habitat: shallow reef areas. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to W Pacific (Sumatra) (Richmond, 1997). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212339
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-04-01 13:22:26Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2000-11-28 11:25:19Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-24 08:38:00Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Amphiura) dejectoides H.L. Clark, 1939. 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=212339 on 2013-06-19
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