Amphiura latisquama Mortensen, 1924 
AphiaID: 719186

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Synonymised taxa		Amphioplus (Amphioplus) longirima Fell, 1952 (synonymized by Mills & O'Hara (2013)) Amphioplus longirima Fell, 1952 Amphiura eugeniae var. latisquama Mortensen, 1924 (raised to species rank)
Sources		basis of record: Mills, V.S. & O'Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613 (5): 401-444., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2013/3613(5).html [details] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College, 18, 1-37. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1924. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's pacific Expedition (Vid. Medd. Dansk Naturh. Foren. 77, 20), 91-177, pls 3, 4. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719186
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-14 15:19:35Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphiura latisquama Mortensen, 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=719186 on 2013-05-23