Ophiuroidea taxon details
Amphiodia microplax Burfield, 1924 AphiaID: 214529
| Status | | alternate representation |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Accepted name | | Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax Burfield, 1924 |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Amphiodia Verrill, 1899 |
| Sources | |
original description: Burfield, S. 1924. A new species and a new variety of ophiuroid, with notes on a collection of Ophiuroidea from the Sudanese Red Sea. Annals and Magagazine of Natural History, 9(13 (15)), 144-154, figs 1, 2. [details]
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]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Madagascar [details]
Red Sea [details]
South Africa (country) (not certain) [details]
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| Notes | |
Description: Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean, west Pacific ocean, depth range 5-69 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Persian Gulf (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark: In subgenus (Amphispina) in Rowe & Gates (1995).
Holotype Natural History Museum, London (England) No. 1938.12.1.1, paratype Natural History Museum, London No. 1938.12.1.2. Type locality: Red Sea (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214529 |
Taxonomic
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| 1997-04-01 13:22:26Z | created | Onyango, Eunice |
| 2000-09-21 07:28:19Z | changed | Garcia, Maria |
| 2007-08-27 13:50:37Z | checked | Stöhr, Sabine |
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| | | Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiodia microplax Burfield, 1924. 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=214529 on 2013-05-23 |
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