Species Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax Burfield, 1924
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Amphiodia microplax Burfield, S.T. 1924. A new species and a new variety of ophiuroid, with notes on a collection of ophiuroidea from the Sudanese Red Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 13(15): 144-154 figs 1-2 [146, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1938.12.1.1, Red Sea.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1938.12.1.2.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known in Australia only from Moreton Bay; western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 5-69 m
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [46-47] (as Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax)
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [95-96, fig. 43(A-E)] (as Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax)
Clark, A.M. 1967. Echinoderms from the Red Sea, Part 2 (Crinoids : Ophiuroids : Echinoids and more Asteroids). Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Israel 41: 26-59 figs 1-5 [42, fig. 3] (as Amphiodia microplax)
Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. British Museum of Natural History Publication 766: 277 pp, 276 figs [148] (as Amphiodia sp aff A. microplax)
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [78-79, 99] (as Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax)
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [183-184, fig. 83] (as Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax)
Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 55-112 figs 1-24 pls 1-2 [90-91, fig. 16] (as Amphiodia microplax)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [342] (as Amphiodia (Amphispina) microplax)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |