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Amphilepis scutata Mortensen, 1933 
AphiaID: 213451

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphilepididae (Family) > Amphilepis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphilepis Ljungman, 1867
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. (1977). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises, part 4: Echinoderms. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 73(6):; 133-147. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Type locality: Type locality: off Durban, 410 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213451
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-06-07 19:50:04Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-04-13 19:06:52Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-05-30 11:15:29Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphilepis scutata 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=213451 on 2013-06-20
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