Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Amphioplus affinis (Studer, 1885)

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RAS taxon details

Amphioplus affinis (Studer, 1885)

AphiaID

236009 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236009)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphioplus Verrill, 1899

Original name

Amphiura affinis Studer, 1885

Synonymised names

Amphiodia affinis (Studer, 1885) · unaccepted (transferred to Amphioplus by...)

transferred to Amphioplus by Clark (1970)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Studer, T. (1885). Die Seesterne Südgeorgiens nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Polar Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 2, 143-166, 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824606 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphioplus affinis (Studer, 1885). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236009 on 2026-09-30

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Amphioplus affinis (Studer, 1885). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236009 on 2026-09-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-27 09:13:31Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description (of ) Studer, T. (1885). Die Seesterne Südgeorgiens nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Polar Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 2, 143-166, 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824606 [details]

basis of record Smirnov I., The systematic list of brittle-stars of the Southern ocean (compilation), Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphioplus affinis (1) E52261)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphioplus affinis E52261)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (12 records)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphioplus affinis (1) E52261)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphioplus affinis E52261)

Hosted externally