WoRMS taxon details
Amphiura (Amphiura) candida Ljungman, 1867
AphiaID: 243018
AphiaID: 243018
| 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 candida Ljungman, 1867 Amphiura kalki Balinsky, 1957 (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1974)) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details] basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243018 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Amphiura) candida 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=243018 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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