MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Amphiura Forbes, 1843

ERMS taxon details

Amphiura Forbes, 1843

Amphiura 1

AphiaID

123613 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123613)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843

Typetaxon of

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867

Parent

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Hemilepis Ljungman, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)

Monamphiura Fell, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiopeltis Düben & Koren, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subgenus Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
1. Species Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869
2. Species Amphiura (Amphiura) incana Lyman, 1879
Subgenus Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1846
1. Species Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) securigera (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Amphiura abyssorum Norman in Jeffreys, 1876
Species Amphiura bellis Lyman, 1879
Species Amphiura borealis (G.O. Sars, 1872)
Species Amphiura cherbonnieri Guille, 1972
Species Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
Species Amphiura delamarei Cherbonnier, 1958
Species Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885
Species Amphiura griegi Mortensen, 1920
Species Amphiura lacazei Guille, 1976
Species Amphiura mediterranea Lyman, 1882
Species Amphiura otteri Ljungman, 1872
Species Amphiura richardi Koehler, 1896
Species Amphiura sarsi Ljungman, 1872
Species Amphiura senegalensis Madsen, 1970
Species Amphiura stepanovi Djakonov, 1954
Species Amphiura sundevalli (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Amphiura tritonis Hoyle, 1884
Subgenus Amphiura (Acrocnida) accepted as Acrocnida Gislén, 1926 (unsupported synonym)
1. Species Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) (unsupported synonymization)
2. Species Amphiura (Acrocnida) semisquamata (Koehler, 1914) accepted as Acrocnida semisquamata (Koehler, 1914)
Species Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861 accepted as Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861) (synonym)
Species Amphiura apicula Cherbonnier, 1957 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869 (synonym)
Species Amphiura brachiata (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
Species Amphiura dalea Lyman, 1879 accepted as Amphioplus daleus (Lyman, 1879) represented as Amphioplus (Unioplus) daleus (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Silax daleus (Lyman, 1879) (synonym)
Species Amphiura denticulata Koehler, 1896 accepted as Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885
Species Amphiura digna Koehler, 1906 accepted as Amphiura abyssorum Norman in Jeffreys, 1876 (synonym)
Species Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815) accepted as Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (synonym of suppressed name Ophiura elegans)
Species Amphiura grandis Koehler, 1896 accepted as Amphiura otteri Ljungman, 1872 (synonym)
Species Amphiura iris Lyman, 1879 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869 (synonym)
Species Amphiura josephinae Ljungman, 1872 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869 (synonym)
Species Amphiura longispina Koehler, 1896 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869 (synonym)
Species Amphiura neapolitana M. Sars, 1857 accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) (synonymized by Madsen (1970))
Species Amphiura norvegica Ljungman, 1865 accepted as Amphilepis norvegica (Ljungman, 1865) (synonym)
Species Amphiura stepanovi Chernyavskii, 1861 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
Species Amphiura stepanovi Lyman, 1869 accepted as Amphiura stepanovi Djakonov, 1954 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Amphiura virens M. Sars, 1859 accepted as Ophiactis virens (M. Sars, 1859) (synonym)
Species Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879 represented as Amphiura (Amphiura) incana Lyman, 1879
Species Amphiura securigera (Düben & Koren, 1846) represented as Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) securigera (Düben & Koren, 1846)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153.
page(s): 150 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura Forbes, 1843. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123613 on 2024-11-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Amphiura Forbes, 1843. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123613 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2007-09-17 13:16:00Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153.
page(s): 150 [details]

original description (of Monamphiura Fell, 1962) Fell, H. B. (1962). A revision of the major genera of amphiurid Ophiuroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 2, 1-26, 1pl. [details]

original description (of Ophiopeltis Düben & Koren, 1846) Düben, M.W. von; Koren, J. (1846). Öfversigt af Skandinaviens Echinodermer [Overview of Scandinavian Echinodermata]. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1844. 229-328, plates VI-XI., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039478022;view=1up;seq=235 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]