Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1846 
AphiaID: 123666

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Subgenus
Parent		Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Synonymised taxa		Amphiura (Ophiopelte) (misspelling)
Sources		basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) aestuarii Matsumoto, 1915 Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) dikellacantha Baker, 1974 Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) hexactis (Mortensen, 1940) Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) parviscutata A.M. Clark, 1966 Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) phalerata (Lyman, 1874) Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) securigera (Düben & Koren, 1846) Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis (H.L. Clark, 1938)
Environment		marine
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123666
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-09-17 13:16:00Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1846. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123666 on 2013-05-23