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Amphiura acrisia H.L. Clark, 1938 
AphiaID: 212345

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Amphiura (Amphiura) acrisia H.L. Clark, 1938
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources  original description: Clark, H.L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia: an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932 Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 55: 1-596 (28 plates) (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Madagascar [details]
Notes  Ecology: Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (Madagascar), depth range 0-12 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia in Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995). [details]

Remark: In Subgenus (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843. Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 4941, paratype Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 4942. Type locality: Broome, Western Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212345
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-04-18 18:44:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura acrisia H.L. Clark, 1938. 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=212345 on 2013-05-23
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