WoRMS taxon details
Amphioplus laevis (Lyman, 1874)
AphiaID: 212930
AphiaID: 212930
| 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 (Lymanella) laevis (Lyman, 1874) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphioplus Verrill, 1899 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Red Sea [details] | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Description: as for A. integer, but differs in arrangement of disc scales and shape of the arm plates. (Richmond, 1997) Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean, depth range littoral to 70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: In Subgenus: (Lymanella) A.M. Clark, 1970. Holotype (probable) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univerity, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 1469, paratypes Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 1535 (5 specimens), Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 4090 (2 specimens). Type locality: Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212930 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphioplus laevis (Lyman, 1874). 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=212930 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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