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Amphiura (Amphiura) maxima Lyman, 1879 
AphiaID: 243047

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
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Rank Species
Parent Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphiura maxima Lyman, 1879
Amphiura phrixocantha A.M. Clark & C.M. Clark, 1976
Ctenamphiura maxima (Lyman, 1879)
Sources  basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 6(2), 17-83, 10 pl. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gibbs, P.E.; Clark, A.M.; Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 30(4), 102-144. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243047
Taxonomic
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Amphiura) maxima Lyman, 1879. 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=243047 on 2013-05-19
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