Species Amphiura (Amphiura) velox Koehler, 1910
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Amphiura velox Koehler, R. 1910. Astéries et Ophiures des îles Aru et Kei. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 33: 265-295 pls 15-17 [292, pls 15(6), 16(5)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF 193 2 specimens, Wokam Is., Moluccas, Indonesia.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [49-51, fig. 18(A-E)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) sexradiata)
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] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) velox)
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 [235] (as Amphiura velox)
Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [216-217] (as Amphiura velox)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [196] (as Amphiura velox)
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 [100-102, pl. 18(1-2)] (as Amphiura sexradiata; could be synonym of A. velox according to Mortensen (1940). Need to review types according to Chebonnier & Guille 1978)
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 [74-75, fig. 7] (as Amphiura velox)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [352] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) velox)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |