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Echinoidea taxon detailsParaamphiope arcuata (Fuchs, 1883) †
828566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:828566)
accepted
Species
Amphiope arcuata Fuchs, 1883 † · unaccepted (transferred to Paraamphiope)
marine,
fossil only
(of Amphiope arcuata Fuchs, 1883 †) Fuchs, T. (1883). Beiträge zur Geologie und Paläantologie der libyschen Wüste und der angrenzenden Gebiete von Aegypten. II. Palaeontologischer Theil. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Miocaenfauna Aegyptens und der libyschen Wüste. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 30: 19-66, pls. 6-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35397142
page(s): 49-50 (31-32); pl. 16 (11): figs 4-6; note: double pagination [details]
Type locality contained in Libya
type locality contained in Libya [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Paraamphiope arcuata (Fuchs, 1883) †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828566 on 2026-09-18
Date action by
original description
(of Amphiope arcuata Fuchs, 1883 †) Fuchs, T. (1883). Beiträge zur Geologie und Paläantologie der libyschen Wüste und der angrenzenden Gebiete von Aegypten. II. Palaeontologischer Theil. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Miocaenfauna Aegyptens und der libyschen Wüste. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 30: 19-66, pls. 6-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35397142
page(s): 49-50 (31-32); pl. 16 (11): figs 4-6; note: double pagination [details] new combination reference Stara, P.; Sanciu, L. (2014). Analysis of some astriclypeids echinoids (Echinoidea Clypeasteroidea). – In: Stara, P. (ed.): Studies on some astriclypeids (Echinoidea Clypeasteroida). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 5/2: 291-358., available online at http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/5(2)_291-358.pdf page(s): 346-348 [details] Available for editors   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Small-medium sized species, with a low side profile and ovoid lunules axially elongated in the posterior ambulacra. Petals closed distally, sub-equal in size. In the oral face of the inter. 5 there are 2 post-basicoronal plates in column "a" and 2 (sometimes also a small part of the fourth plate is visible) in column "b", with the first two staggered; between the petals tip and the lunules there are 3 or 4 couples of plates, and the periproct opens betweenplates 2a/3b. [details] |
