Amphiura (Amphiura) rosea Farquhar, 1894

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 rosea Farquhar, 1894: 109 –111, pl. 9.—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 231.—Mortensen, 1924: 140–142, fig. 20.—Fell, 1952: 15.

Amphiura parva .—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 230, pl. 5(10–12) [Non Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje S, 1828) ].

Material Examined. Bay of Islands. KAH0907/226, NIWA 58430 (1).

Diagnosis. Disc scaled dorsally and ventrally. Oral shield variable, but about as wide as long. Five sharp pointed arm spines, reducing to 4 then 3 spines distally. Two tentacle scales throughout arm, though sometimes 1 on proximal pores. Reddish-pink tinge to plates.

Description. See Mortensen (1924).

Distribution. New Zealand (0–252 m).