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Dougaloplus echinatus (Ljungman, 1867) 
AphiaID: 213225

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Dougaloplus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dougaloplus A.M. Clark, 1970
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphioplus luctator Koehler, 1922
Ophiocnida echinata (Ljungman, 1867)
Ophiophragmus echinatus Ljungman, 1867
Ophiostigma formosa Lütken, 1872
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: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details]

from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lütken, C.F. 1872. Ophiuridarum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptiones nonnullae. [Beskrivelse af nogle nye eller mindre bekjerdte Slangestjernerne] Med nogle Bemaerkninger om Selvdelingen hos Straaldyrene. Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh., 77, 75-158, 2 pls. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Koehler, R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin, 100(5), 1-486. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Red Sea [details]
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Notes  Distribution: Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific (also Red Sea), depth range 16-45 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Type locality: Gaspar Strait (between Sumatra and the island of Billiton to the east) cfr. A.M. Clark, 1970. Amphioplus lucator Koehler, 1922 is treated to be a synonym of D. echinatus (A.M. Clark, 1970). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213225
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-12-18 01:44:18Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2000-09-21 07:28:19Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Dougaloplus echinatus (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=213225 on 2013-05-21
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