Amphiophiura confecta

Amphiophiura confecta, dorsal view

Amphiophiura confecta, ventral view

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Amphiophiura
Species: Amphiophiura confecta

Name

Amphiophiura confecta (Koehler, 1930) Stöhr, 2011

• Original combination: Stegophiura confecta Koehler, 1930

Synonymy

• Amphiophiura taranuia McKnight, 1968
  • Synonymized by Stöhr (2011)
  • Type locality: Pacific Ocean. 32.583333°S 167.533333°E / -32.583333; 167.533333. Depth 138 m.
  • Holotype: NZOI 40
• Stegophiura confecta Koehler, 1930

References

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 89, 1–295, 22 pl. Reference page.  [as Stegophiura confecta (original description)]
• McKnight, D.G. 1968. Some echinoids and ophiuroids from off Norfolk Island and from wanganella bank. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research. 2(2): 204–213. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1968.9515235 Reference page.  [as Amphiophiura taranuia p. 208–210 (original description)]
• Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3089.1.1 Reference page.  [as Amphiophiura confecta p. 24–26 (recombination, synonymy)]

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