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Amphiura candida Ljungman, 1867 
AphiaID: 212347

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) candida Ljungman, 1867
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources  original description: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [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: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Note  Type locality: Type locality: Mozambique. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212347
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-08-04 14:17:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1999-11-17 21:17:06Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura candida Ljungman, 1867. 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=212347 on 2013-05-23
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