Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904) 
AphiaID: 213448

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiodaphne Koehler, 1930
Synonymised taxa		Amphilycus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 (junior synonym) Amphilycus scripta (Koehler, 1904) (synonym) Amphiura scripta Koehler, 1904 Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 (misspelling of Amphilycus androphorus)
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: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1933. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening, 93, 171-195. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures nouvelles ou peu connues. Memoirs Societe Zoologique de France, 17, 54-119. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Note		Remark: Cherbonnier & Guille (1978) consider that O. scripta may be conspecific with O. materna Koehler, 1930. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213448
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-04-19 18:45:56Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-20 08:24:09Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904). 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=213448 on 2013-05-25