Species Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis (Lyman, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amphiura laevis Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [229, pl. 4(18-21)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1469, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 1535 5 specimens; MCZ 4090 2 specimens.
• Amphiura praestans Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [45-46, pl. 4(16-17)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2304 2 specimens (Siboga stn 19), Bay of Labuan Tring, west coast of Lombok., 18-27m [8°44.5'S, 116°2.5'E]; ZMA E2305 1 specimen (Siboga stn 71), Makassar and surroundings. (Pulu Barang, Samalona, Ley-Ley, mouth of Tello-river)., 32m; ZMA E2307 1 specimen (Siboga stn 206), Buton-strait., 51m [4°58'S, 122°42'E]; ZMA E2308 3 specimens (Siboga stn 311), Sapeh-bay, east coast of Sumbawa., 0-36m.
• Amphioplus megapomus Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 75: 1-302, figs 1-144 [170-171].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25633 1 specimen (Albatross stn 4964), Between Shikoku And Honshu Islands, Honshu Island, Kii Strait, North Pacific Ocean, 68m [34°5.5'N, 134°56.667'E].
• Amphioplus bocki Koehler, R. 1927. Ophiures recueillies aux îles Gilbert, Marshall et Fiji. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 33(3): 1-13 1 pl. [6].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM 3 specimens (depository uncertain), Viti Levu and Namuka, Fiji Ils.
• Amphioplus miyadii Murakami, S. 1943. Ophiurans from some gulfs and bays of Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(7): 223-234, 2 figs [228, fig. 2].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11 [fig. 9r, x] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) megapomus)
• Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans of Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26(1/3): 15-49, pl. 1 [25, fig. 2] (as Amphioplus megapomus)
• Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [191-192, fig. 89] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis)

 

Generic Combinations

• Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis (Lyman, 1874).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis)

Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [88-89, fig. 39(A-D)] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis)

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. [80-81, 102, fig. 27e, 48b-c] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis; figured holotype of O. praestans)

Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [258] (as Amphioplus praestans)

Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 61(12): 429-453 pls 1-5 [438] (as Amphioplus laevis)

Devaney, D.M. 1974. Shallow-water asterozoans of south-eastern Polynesia. 2. Ophiuroidea. Micronesica 10: 105-204 [126] (as Amphioplus bocki)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [117, fig. 1d-f] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) bocki)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [41-42] (as Amphiura laevis)

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 [98-99] (as Amphiura praestans)

Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [148] (as Amphiura laevis)

Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1-408, figs 1-100, pls 1-7 [170] (as Amphioplus megapomus)

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 [93-95, fig. 18] (as Amphioplus laevis)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [345] (as Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis)

 

History of changes

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