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Amphiura (Amphiura) aster Farquhar, 1901 
AphiaID: 243013

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) > Amphiura (Amphiura) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Synonymised
taxa		  Amphiura arenaria Farquhar, 1913
 Amphiura aster Farquhar, 1901
Sources  original description: Farquhar, H. 1901. Description of a new ophiurid. Trans. N.Z. Inst, 33, 250. [details]

basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details]

original description (from synonym): Farquhar, H. 1913. On two new Echinoderms. Trans. N.Z. Inst. , 45, 212-215. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243013
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Amphiura) aster Farquhar, 1901. 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=243013 on 2013-06-18
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