Amphiura fragilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina Superfamilia: Amphiuroidea

Familia: Amphiuridae
Genus: Amphiura
Species: Amphiura fragilis

Name

Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885

Type locality: northeastern coast of U.S.A.

Syntypes: USNM 20276 [1]; USNM 20277 [2]; USNM 20278 [3]; USNM 20279 [4]; USNM 32601 [5]; YPM IZ 007274.EC [6]; YPM IZ 007275.EC [7]; YPM IZ 007277.EC [8].

Synonymy

Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885: 549; — Mortensen, 1933: 58–59, fig. 34; — Gage et al., 1983: 293; — Paterson, 1985: 89, fig. 35; — Macías-Ramírez, García-Guillén & Manjón-Cabeza, 2024: 8, fig. 4g–l.
Amphiura denticulata Koehler, 1896b: 209–210; — Koehler, 1898: 50–51, pl. 7 figs. 28–29; — Grieg, 1903: 27–28; — Mortensen, 1913: 358; — Mortensen, 1927: 214, fig. 121.
- Type locality: Off Newfoundland Island, 46°50′06″N 50°11′45″W / 46.835000°N 50.195833°W / 46.835000; -50.195833. Depth 153 m.
- Synonymised by: Mortensen (1933: 58).

References

Gage, J.D., Pearson, M., Clark, A.M., Paterson, G.L.J., Tyler, P.A. 1983. Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 45(5): 263–308. BHL.Reference page.
Grieg, J.A. 1903. Echinodermen von dem norwegischen Fischereidampfer 'Michael Sars' in den Jahren 1900-1903 gesammelt. I. Ophiuroidea. Bergens Museums Aarbog. 1903(13): 1–45. BHL.Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1896b. Note préliminaire sur les ophiures recueillis pendant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 203–213. BHL Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1898. Échinides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Nueve). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco. 12: 1–78. BHL Reference page.
Macías-Ramírez, A., García-Guillén, L.M., Manjón-Cabeza, M.E. 2024. Deep-Sea Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) from the Avilés Canyon System: Seven New Records for the Spanish North Atlantic Marine Subdivision. Diversity. 16(7): 1–21. DOI: 10.3390/d16070407 . Reference page.
Mortensen, O.T.J. 1913. Grønlands Echinodermer. Meddelelser om Grønland. 23: 299–379. BHL.Reference page.
Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page.
Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL Reference page.
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. BHL Reference page.
Verrill, A.E. 1885c. Results of the explorations made by the Steamer “Albatross” off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington. 11: 503–699. BHL. Reference page.