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Amphioplus personatus (Koehler, 1905) 
AphiaID: 212929

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphioplus (Genus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Amphioplus (Amphioplus) personatus (Koehler, 1905)
Rank Species
Parent Amphioplus Verrill, 1899
Source  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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Red Sea [details]
Notes  Description: Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific (also Red Sea), depth range 6-40 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: In Subgenus: ( Amphioplus) Verrill, 1899. Holotype ?Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Type locality: Bay of Badjo, Flores, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212929
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-04-01 13:22:26Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2000-09-25 07:20:28Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphioplus personatus (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=212929 on 2013-06-20
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