Amphiura (Amphiura) aster Farquhar, 1901

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 : 411

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Amphiura (Amphiura) aster Farquhar, 1901
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Amphiura (Amphiura) aster Farquhar, 1901

Amphiura aster Farquhar, 1901: 250 .—Koehler, 1907b: 299, pl. 11(15–16).—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 224.—Mortensen, 1924: 138–140, fig. 19.—Fell, 1958: 27.

Amphiura arenaria Farquhar, 1913: 214 –215, figs. 1–2, pl. 4(1–2).—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 224 [synonymised by Mortensen, 1924].

Material Examined. Bay of Islands. KAH0907/233, NIWA 58431 (50).

Diagnosis. Disc finely scaled dorsally and ventrally. Oral shield variable, but longer than wide, widened proximally, with narrower distal extension. 6–7 arm spines, second from lowest spine sometimes with serrate ventral edge. Two tentacle scales proximally, reducing to single scale distally.

Description. See Mortensen (1924).

Distribution. New Zealand (1–99 m).

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