Amphiura (Amphiura) spinipes Mortensen, 1924

Amphiura spinipes Mortensen, 1924: 134 –136, fig. 15b, 16.—Mortensen, 1936: 267.—Fell, 1952: 15.

Material Examined. Otago. TAN1108/117, NIWA 77768 (2).

Diagnosis. Disc finely scaled dorsally and ventrally. Six, rarely 7 arm spines, reducing to 5 by mid-arm. Ventral-most arm spine elongated, slender and downward projecting on mid arm segments. Single, large, leaf-like tentacle scale.

Description. See Mortensen (1924).

Distribution. New Zealand (22–1378 m).

Remarks. See A mphiura magellanica .