Species Amphiophiura confecta (Koehler, 1930)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Stegophiura confecta Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [234-237, pl. 19(1-2)].
- Amphiophiura taranuia McKnight, D.G. 1968. Some echinoids and ophiuroids from off Norfolk Island and from Wanganella Bank. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2: 204-213 figs 1-3 [208-210, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype NZOI, Wanganella Bank, Tasman Sea [32°35'S, 167°32'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50 [24-26, fig. 10a-i]
Generic Combinations
- Amphiophiura confecta (Koehler, 1930).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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 [25] (as Amphiophiura taranuia; Key only)
Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [449, pl. 8(46)] (as Stegophiura confecta)
McKnight, D.G. 1975. Some echinoderms from the northern Tasman Sea. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 2(5): 49-76 [62] (as Amphiophiura taranuia; very similar to Stegophiura confecta Koehler)
McKnight, D.G. 1993. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 165-190 [175, 188] (as Amphiophiura taranuia)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [429] (as Amphiophiura taranuia)
History of changes
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