Amphiura (Amphiura) spinipes Mortensen, 1924

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) spinipes Mortensen, 1924
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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 .

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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