Amphiura (Amphiura) rosea Farquhar, 1894

Mills, V. Sadie & O'Hara, Timothy D., 2013, Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand, Zootaxa 3613 (5), pp. 401-444 : 416

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Amphiura (Amphiura) rosea Farquhar, 1894
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Amphiura (Amphiura) rosea Farquhar, 1894

Amphiura rosea Farquhar, 1894: 109 –111, pl. 9.—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 231.—Mortensen, 1924: 140–142, fig. 20.—Fell, 1952: 15.

Amphiura parva .—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 230, pl. 5(10–12) [Non Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje S, 1828) ].

Material Examined. Bay of Islands. KAH0907/226, NIWA 58430 (1).

Diagnosis. Disc scaled dorsally and ventrally. Oral shield variable, but about as wide as long. Five sharp pointed arm spines, reducing to 4 then 3 spines distally. Two tentacle scales throughout arm, though sometimes 1 on proximal pores. Reddish-pink tinge to plates.

Description. See Mortensen (1924).

Distribution. New Zealand (0–252 m).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiurida

Family

Amphiuridae

Genus

Amphiura

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiurida

Family

Amphiuridae

Genus

Amphiura

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