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Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815)

125079  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125079)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Amphiuroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Amphiuridae (Family)
  13. Amphiura (Genus)
  14. Amphiura elegans (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym of suppressed name Ophiura elegans)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London. Vol. 1 [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180
page(s): 57 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125079 on 2025-05-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125079 on 2025-05-24
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2011-04-26 07:16:22Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of ) Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London. Vol. 1 [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180
page(s): 57 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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] 

basis of record Farquhar, H. (1897). A contribution to the history of New Zealand Echinoderms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 26: 186-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882602 [details] 

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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