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Amphiura polyacantha  Lütken and Mortensen, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157749

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassOphiuroidea Gray, 1840 – basket stars, brittlestars, snake stars, ofiúro, serpente do mar, ophiures, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, snake stars  
                   OrderOphiurida Müller and Troschel, 1840 – basket stars, serpent stars, basket stars, serpent stars  
                      SuborderGnathophiurina Matsumoto, 1915  
                         FamilyAmphiuridae Ljungman, 1867  
                            GenusAmphiura Forbes, 1842  
                               SpeciesAmphiura polyacantha Lütken and Mortensen, 1899  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Amphiura polyacantha   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Downey, Maureen E.  
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Recent Ophiuroid Type Specimens in Major Collections in the United States   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 293   
  Page(s): vi + 239   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
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  Reference for: Amphiura polyacantha   
       

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