Amphiophiura kermadecensis (Benham, 1911) 
AphiaID: 382685

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily) > Amphiophiura (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiophiura Matsumoto, 1915
Synonymised taxa		Ophiura kermadecensis Benham, 1911 (transferred by H.L. Clark (1915))
Sources		additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details] source of synonymy: Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6, 21-51. [details] new combination reference: Clark, H.L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls.  [details] from synonym: Benham, W.B. (1911). Stellerids and echinids from the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 43: 140=-163. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Note		Editor's comment: McKnight (1968) used this name for some specimens that are actually Ophiura macracantha acc. to Baker (1979). A. kermadecensis is a junior synonym of Ophiura (Dictenophiura) caledonica (T. O'Hara unpubl.) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382685
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2009-02-16 08:11:15Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-06-29 07:46:25Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-11-11 10:15:17Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiophiura kermadecensis (Benham, 1911). 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=382685 on 2013-05-25