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AfReMaS name details
Ophionephthys africana
Balinsky, 1957
AphiaID
216226
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216226)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Echinodermata
(Phylum)
Asterozoa
(Subphylum)
Ophiuroidea
(Class)
Myophiuroida
(Subclass)
Metophiurida
(Infraclass)
Ophintegrida
(Superorder)
Amphilepidida
(Order)
Gnathophiurina
(Suborder)
Amphiuroidea
(Superfamily)
Amphiuridae
(Family)
Ophionephthys
(Genus)
Ophionephthys africana
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(transferred by A.M. Clark & Rowe (1971))
Accepted name
Amphiura (Fellaria) africana
(J.B. Balinsky, 1957)
Rank
Species
Parent
Ophionephthys
Lütken, 1869
Original name
Ophionephthys africana
Balinsky, 1957
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33.
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database.
Ophionephthys africana
Balinsky, 1957. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216226 on 2025-05-11
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species.
Ophionephthys africana
Balinsky, 1957. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216226 on 2025-05-11
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
1999-11-18 20:41:13Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-27 07:27:35Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2011-07-06 07:33:22Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
[taxonomic tree]
Sources (2)
Documented distribution (3)
original description
Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33.
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
new combination reference
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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