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Amphiura (Fellaria) africana (J.B. Balinsky, 1957) 
AphiaID: 243071

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) > Amphiura (Fellaria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Amphiura (Fellaria) A.M. Clark, 1970
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphiura africana J.B. Balinsky, 1957
Ophionephthys africana Balinsky, 1957 (transferred by A.M. Clark & Rowe (1971))
Sources  original description: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1980). Some Ophiuroidea from the Seychelles islands and Inhaca, Mozambique. Rev. Zool. Afr. 94(3): 533-558. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]

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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243071
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura (Fellaria) africana (J.B. 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=243071 on 2013-05-24
  
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