Synonymy

• Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 (original combination)
  • Alternative combinations:

Ophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Meissner, 1901

• Ophiura hadra H.L. Clark, 1911
  • Type locality: Sea Lion Rocks, off Washington State. 47°22'N125°41W. Depth: 859 ftm.
  • Alternative combinations:

Amphiophiura hadra (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1915

• Holotype: USNM 25612 (see H.L. clark, 1911: 82)
• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3002; MCZ OPH-3003; MCZ OPH-3004; MCZ OPH-3321; USNM 25751; USNM 25542; USNM 26974; USNM 33366
• Synonymyzed by H.L. Clark, 1913: 208

Primary references

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 314 Amphiophiura generic assignment]
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page.  [see page 116 as Ophioglypha superba, original description]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page.  [see page 80, original description of Ophiura hadra]
• Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page.  [see page 208 as Ophiura superba, source of synonymy for Ophiura hadra]
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 78, recombination reference for Amphiophiura hadra]
• Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page.  [see page 925 as Ophiura superba, source of synonymy]

Links

• Amphiophiura superba in the World Register of Marine Species
• BHL bibliography
• Amphiophiura superba – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Amphiophiura superba.
• ION

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