Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1304: Amphiura (Amphiura) atlantica

Cape of Good Hope
Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: South Africa
December 17, 1873
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Identifications

Amphiura (Amphiura) atlantica Ljungman, 1867

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae Amphiura (Amphiura) atlantica

Identified by World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Amphiura dilatata Lyman, 1879

Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae Amphiura dilatata

Identified by Theodore Lyman III in 1879
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Lyman 1879, Page 26, Syntype of Amphiura dilatata

Plate XI Figs. 314-316

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Media Details
MCZ Bulletin Vol. VI no. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Atlantic Ocean
Country:	South Africa
Specific Locality:	Cape of Good Hope
Verbatim Locality:	[coordinate data only]
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	98 fms
Coordinates:	34° 41´ 0´´ S 18° 36´ 0´´ E (Datum: unknown)
	[no agent data]; 1873-12-17; Source: 'Challenger' Expedition List of Observing Stations - C. Wyville Thomson 1877
Collecting Date:	December 17, 1873

Collectors

HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

Identifiers

station number: 141

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (dry)	broken	in collection	3

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