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Amphioplus furcatus Mortensen, 1933 
AphiaID: 212949

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphioplus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (transferred to subgenus Lymanella by A.M. Clark (1970))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Amphioplus (Lymanella) furcatus Mortensen, 1933
Rank Species
Parent Amphioplus Verrill, 1899
Sources  original description: Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenhavn 93: 215-490. [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]

source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 19(1): 1-81. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Madagascar [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Note  Remark: In Subgenus: (Lymanella) A.M. Clark, 1970. Type locality: off Tugela River mouth, Natal, 46m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212949
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-11-17 21:17:06Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-25 07:20:28Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2011-05-19 08:10:30Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphioplus furcatus Mortensen, 1933. 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=212949 on 2013-06-19
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