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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Ophiuroidea (class)  »  Ophiurida (order)  »  Amphiuridae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 191085 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Amphiura (Amphiura) latisquama   Mortensen, 1924
Rank:	Species
Alternative Scientific Name:	Amphiura latisquama    Mortensen, 1924

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 191 Amphiuridae (brittlestars) - show full list Common Name: [a brittlestar] Organism Type: a brittlestar Synonyms: Amphiura eugeniae Amphioplus longirima Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 191906     Amphiura spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species has previously been regarded as either a variety or a synonym of the Magellanic species A. eugeniae, but was separated as a distinct species by Mills & O'Hara, 2013. Its generic placement is currently uncertain, and here it is retained in Amphiura pending a detailed review.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a2303c42-bfac-43c7-b191-71f4eeb8c271 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719186 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Mills, V.S., O'Hara, T.D., 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Zootaxa, Vol. 3613(5): 401-444.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.