World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amphiura alternans Koehler, 1923

Deep-Sea name details

Amphiura alternans Koehler, 1923

AphiaID

236011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236011)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Amphiura belgicae Koehler, 1900

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphiura Forbes, 1843

Original name

Amphiura alternans Koehler, 1923

Environment

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

Original description

Koehler, R. 1923. Sur quelques Ophiures des Côtes de l'Angola et du Cap. Meddelanden från Göteborgs musei zoologiska avdelning, 18, 1-17. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura alternans Koehler, 1923. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236011 on 2026-07-03

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphiura alternans Koehler, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236011 on 2026-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-27 09:13:31Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2007-08-27 13:50:37Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2022-03-31 09:06:47Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Koehler, R. 1923. Sur quelques Ophiures des Côtes de l'Angola et du Cap. Meddelanden från Göteborgs musei zoologiska avdelning, 18, 1-17. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphiura alternans (1) E52786)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphiura alternans E52786)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphiura alternans (1) E52786)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphiura alternans E52786)

Hosted externally