Subgenus Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Amphiura Forbes, E. 1843. On the Radiata of the Ophiuridae of the eastern Mediterranean. Part 1. Ophiuridae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 143–153 pls 13, 14 [149].
Type species:
Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843 by subsequent designation, see Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 5(1): 1-86, pls 1-8 [24]. - Ctenamphiura Verrill, A.E. 1899. Art. VII. — North American Ophiuroidea. I. — Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. II. — Faunal catalogue of the known species of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 301-371 (Pt I); 372-386 (Pt II), pls 42, 43 [306].
Type species:
Amphiura maxima Lyman, 1879 by monotypy. - Hemilepis Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr. A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 28(6): 615-658 [643].
Type species:
Amphiura semiermis Lyman, 1869 by included Species.Amphiura flexuosa Ljungman, 1872 by included Species.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [42]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Province (6), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |