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Amphiophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894)

124835  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124835)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Euryophiurida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiurida (Order)
  10. Ophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiopyrgidae (Family)
  12. Amphiophiura (Genus)
  13. Amphiophiura saurura (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioglypha saurura Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124835 on 2025-05-29
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2008-03-03 09:56:51Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophioglypha saurura Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247 [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 IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) 
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