Amphioplus hastatus (Ljungman, 1867) 
AphiaID: 212951

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

Status		alternate representation
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Amphioplus (Lymanella) hastatus (Ljungman, 1867)
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphioplus Verrill, 1899
Synonymised taxa		Amphiura hastata (Ljungman, 1867)
Sources		basis of record: 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] basis of record: Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. Abhandl. d. Senckenb. naturf. Ges., Bonn, Vol. 21(1): 537 - 563. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Comores [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details]
Notes		Description: Description: as for A. integer, but differs in arrangement of disc scales and shape of the arm plates. Richmond, 1997. Disc covered by imbricating plates forming a distinct border along the margin; one infradental and three lateral papillae on each side of the jaw; dorsal arm plates broader than long, distal margin convex; three pointed lateral arm spines; two tentacle scales (Sastry, 1995). General distribution: tropical, west Pacific Ocean (also western indian Ocean), depth range 0-7 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal (Sastry, 1995). Also distributed in SE Arabia and Persian Gulf (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: In Subgenus: (Lymanella) A.M. Clark, 1970 A.M. Clark, 1970. Type locality: off Mozambique (as 'off Mossambique'). Holotype (probable) whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Type species: Amphipholis hastata Ljungman, 1867. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212951
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-25 07:20:28Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-08-27 13:50:37Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphioplus hastatus (Ljungman, 1867). 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=212951 on 2013-06-19