Dougaloplus echinatus (Ljungman, 1867) 
AphiaID: 213225

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Dougaloplus A.M. Clark, 1970
Synonymised taxa		Amphioplus luctator Koehler, 1922 Ophiocnida echinata (Ljungman, 1867) Ophiophragmus echinatus Ljungman, 1867 Ophiostigma formosa Lütken, 1872
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: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lütken, C.F. 1872. Ophiuridarum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptiones nonnullae. [Beskrivelse af nogle nye eller mindre bekjerdte Slangestjernerne] Med nogle Bemaerkninger om Selvdelingen hos Straaldyrene. Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh., 77, 75-158, 2 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin, 100(5), 1-486. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Red Sea [details]
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Notes		Distribution: Also distributed in East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific (also Red Sea), depth range 16-45 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Type locality: Gaspar Strait (between Sumatra and the island of Billiton to the east) cfr. A.M. Clark, 1970. Amphioplus lucator Koehler, 1922 is treated to be a synonym of D. echinatus (A.M. Clark, 1970). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213225
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-12-18 01:44:18Z   created   Onyango, Eunice 2000-09-21 07:28:19Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Dougaloplus echinatus (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=213225 on 2013-05-24