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Amphiura (Fellaria) africana (J.B. Balinsky, 1957) 
AphiaID: 243071

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) > Amphiura (Fellaria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphiura (Fellaria) A.M. Clark, 1970
Synonymised
taxa		  Amphiura africana J.B. Balinsky, 1957
 Ophionephthys africana Balinsky, 1957 (transferred by A.M. Clark & Rowe (1971))
Sources  original description: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

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]

from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. Rev. Zool. Afr. 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243071
Taxonomic
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Fellaria) africana (J.B. Balinsky, 1957). 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=243071 on 2013-05-25
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