WoRMS taxon details
Amphiura tenuis (H.L. Clark, 1938)
AphiaID: 212348
AphiaID: 212348
| 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 (Ophiopeltis) tenuis (H.L. Clark, 1938) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphiura Forbes, 1843 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Description: disc almost naked with only 2-3 rows of narrow scales around the very long radial shields; one infradental and one lateral distal papilla separated from the former by a wide gap on each side of the jaw; dorasal arm plates almost conical; up to six arm spines basally, reduced to three distally, the middle one with strong lateral denticles; no tentacle scales (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: burrows deep into the hard mud (Sastry, 1995). Also distributed in W India and north of Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (West Bengal) (Sastry, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, Indian Ocean (Indo-Malayan Region), depth range 0-12 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Persian Gulf to Australia (Sastry, 1995). [details] Remark: In subgenus (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1845. Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 4963, paraypes Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 4964-4965 (38 specimens), Natural History Museum, London (England), Australian Museum, Sydeny (Australia) No. J6231. Type locality: Broome, Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212348 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura tenuis (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=212348 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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