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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphiura micra H.L. Clark, 1938 
AphiaID: 212341

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiuroidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiurida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiurina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphiuridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphiura (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphiura micra (Species)
Status alternate representation
Accepted name  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphiura (Amphiura) micra H.L. Clark, 1938
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources  original description Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 55: 1-597 (28 plates)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25703#page/11/mode/1up [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Specimen  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolotype MCZ OPH-4935 [details]
Link Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTo MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4935) 
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEcology Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (Madagascar), littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia ( Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRemark In Subgenus (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843. Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, harvard University, Cambridge, massachusetts (USA) No. 4935. Type locality: Broome, Western Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212341
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-04-18 18:44:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-25 07:20:28Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2017). Amphiura micra H.L. Clark, 1938. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2017). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212341 on 2017-07-27
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