Amphiura kalki Balinsky, 1957 
AphiaID: 212337

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

Status		unaccepted (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1974))
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Amphiura (Amphiura) candida Ljungman, 1867
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Sources		original description: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: 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]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note		Description: Disc covered by fine imbricated scales, one slightly larger plate in each interradius dorsally. Radial shields three times as long as broad, length one-third of the disc radius. Oral shields as long as broad (usually longer and somewhat narrowed at distal end), proximal angle rounded or blunt. Adoral plate rounded triangular. Aboral arm plates fan-shaped, broader than long, basal angle slightly truncated, narrowly in contact with the next plate. Oral arm plates slightly longer than broad, hexagonal, distal side convex, proximal side truncated. Two tentacle scales, the outter one rounded, the inner one narrow. Eight arm spines basally, the six spines, the upppermost one the longest, length slightly longer than the arm segment. Habitat: sand, mud flats (Balinsky, 1957). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212337
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-27 07:27:35Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-07-06 07:33:22Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura kalki Balinsky, 1957. 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=212337 on 2013-05-21