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Species Amphiura (Amphiura) abbreviata Koehler, 1905


Compiler and date details

2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

  • Amphiura abbreviata Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [34-35, pl. 4(3-5)].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) ZMA E2264 1 specimen (Siboga stn 37), Sailus ketjil, Paternoster-islands, 27m; ZMA E2265 1 specimen (Siboga stn 99), Anchorage off North-Ubian, 16-23m [6°7.5'N, 120°26'E]; ZMA E2266 1 specimen (Siboga stn 273), Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru-islands (Pearl-banks), 13m.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

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 [233] (as Amphiura abbreviata)

Guille, A. 1981. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Mémoires de ORSTOM 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls [433-435, fig. 2a-c, pl. 4(26-27)] (as Amphiura abbreviata; records by Clark (1970) and Koehler (1930) a different species, A. madecasse)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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