Species Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni Duncan, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amphiura luetkeni Duncan, P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 14: 445-482, pls 9-11 [464-466, pl. 10(17)] [as Amphiura lütkeni, junior homonym of Amphipholis luetkeni Ljungman, 1872].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1880.1.3.15, Korean Seas.
• Amphiura duncani 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 [124, 143] [nom. nov. for Amphiura lütkeni Duncan, 1879. Was a replacement name for A. luetkeni Duncan, when Amphiura was a synonym of Amphipholis.].
• Amphiura leptolepis Murakami, S. 1943. Report on the ophiurans of Palao, Caroline Islands. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(4): 159-204 figs 1-17 [174-175, fig. 4].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [43-44, fig. 14(A-E)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

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, 97, fig. 26d, pl. 13(6-7)] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni)

Irimura, S. 1969. Supplemental report of Dr. Murakami's paper on the ophiurans of Amakusa, Kyushu. Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyusku University 2(1): 37-48 [42] (as Monamphiura lütkeni)

Kingston, S.C. 1980. The Swain Reefs Expedition: Ophiuroidea. Records of the Australian Museum 33(3): 123-147 figs 1-6 [129, fig. 3a-b] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni; duncani a replacement name)

Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [68-69] (as Amphiura duncani)

Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [33] (as Amphiura duncani)

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 [143] (as Amphiura duncani)

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 [208] (as Amphiura lütkeni)

Murakami, S. 1944. Note on the ophiurans from Amakusa, Kyusyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(8): 259-280 5 fig 1 pl. [266] (as Amphiura lütkeni)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [348] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) duncani)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	08-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED