Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815) 
AphiaID: 125079

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

Status		unaccepted (synonym of suppressed name Ophiura elegans)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources		original description: Farquhar, H. 1897. A contribution to the history of N.Z. Echinoderms. Journal Linnean Society Zoology, 26. [details] 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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) To PESI
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125079
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-08-27 13:50:37Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-04-26 07:16:22Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815). 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=125079 on 2013-05-25