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Amphiura murex Koehler, 1908 
AphiaID: 242969

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1970))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ophiocnida loveni (Ljungman, 1867)
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources  original description: Koehler, R. 1908. Astéries, Ophiures et Echinides de l'Expedition Antarctique National Ecossaise. Trans. R. Soc. Edinb., 46(3), 529-649. [details]

basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (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
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242969
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
2011-05-19 08:10:30Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura murex Koehler, 1908. 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=242969 on 2013-06-18
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