Ophiuroidea name details

Amphioplus (Unioplus) patulus (Lyman, 1879)

242853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242853)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Amphiuroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Amphiuridae (Family)
  13. Amphioplus (Genus)
  14. Amphioplus (Unioplus) (Subgenus)
  15. Amphioplus (Unioplus) patulus (Species)
 unaccepted (transferred to Silax by Stöhr & O'Hara (2021))
Silax patulus (Lyman, 1879)
Species
Amphioplus (Unioplus) Fell, 1962
Amphioplus patulus (Lyman, 1879) · alternative representation
Ophiactis patula (Lyman, 1879) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphioplus (Unioplus) patulus (Lyman, 1879). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242853 on 2026-08-19
Date
action
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2021-04-26 16:07:28Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Syntype (of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879) MCZ OPH-1475 [details]
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1475) (from synonym Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879)

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