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Amphiura (Amphiura) capensis Ljungman, 1867 
AphiaID: 212359

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) > Amphiura (Amphiura) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Synonymised
taxa		  Amphiura adjecta Mortensen, 1933 (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1974))
 Amphiura compressa Mortensen, 1933
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. (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]

from synonym: Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenhavn 93: 215-490. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique (not certain) [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Cancerilla oblonga Bartsch, 1975 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Type locality: Type locality: near Port Natal (Durban) and Cape of Good Hope. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212359
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-06-28 19:20:39Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2007-07-19 09:06:56Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2009-06-29 08:18:57Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Amphiura) capensis 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=212359 on 2013-05-26
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