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Amphiura ambigua Koehler, 1905 
AphiaID: 212357

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) ambigua Koehler, 1905
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources  original description: Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expeditie, 45b. [details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. Rev. Zool. Afr. 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Seychelles [details]
Notes  Ecology: Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, depth range 0-34 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: In Subgenus (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843. Syntypes in ?Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands) (2 specimens). Type locality: Pulu Tongkil, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212357
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-11-18 20:41:13Z  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 ambigua Koehler, 1905. 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=212357 on 2013-05-22
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