Ophiuroidea taxon details
 Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) AphiaID: 158072
| Status | | accepted |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Microphiopholis Turner, 1985 |
| Orig. name | | Ophiolepis atra Stimpson, 1852 |
Synonymised
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Amphiodia atra (Stimpson, 1852) (synonym)
Amphiodia gyraspis H.L. Clark, 1915 (synonymized by Thomas (1964))
Amphipholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) (synonym)
Amphipholis limbata (Grube, 1857) (synonymized by Thomas (1964))
Micropholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) (synonym)
Ophiolepis atra Stimpson, 1852 (synonym)
Ophiolepis limbata Grube, 1857
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basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
new combination reference Turner, R.L. 1985. Microphiopholis, replacement name for Micropholis Thomas, 1966 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae) NON Huxley, 1859 (Amphibia: Dissorophidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wshington 98(4): 1028-1029. [details]
additional source (of Amphiodia atra (Stimpson, 1852)) Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
original description (of Amphiodia gyraspis H.L. Clark, 1915) Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls. [details]
source of synonymy (of Amphipholis limbata (Grube, 1857)) Thomas, L. P. (1964). Amphiodia atra (Stimpson) and Ophionema intricata Lütken, additions to the shallow water amphiurid brittlestar fauna of Florida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. 14(1), 158-167. [details]
original description (of Ophiolepis limbata Grube, 1857) Grube, E. (1857). Beschreibungen neuer oder weniger bekannter Seesterne und Seeigel. 27: 1-50., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43119#page/7/mode/1up [details]
basis of record (of Amphipholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)) Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Ophiolepis atra Stimpson, 1852) Stimpson, W. 1854. Two new species of Ophiolepis, from the southern coast of the United States. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 4, 224-226. [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | From other sources
Caribbean Sea
 Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Colombia
Colombia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
North West Atlantic [details]
Venezuela
Venezuela [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien
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| Specimens | |
Paratype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-1442 [view taxon]
Syntype [from synonym] MCZ OPH-1438 [view taxon]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (58 records)
To ITIS
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| Attributes | | Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details]
Supporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous > High-magnesium calcite (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] |
| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158072 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Stöhr, S. (2011). Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2017). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158072 on 2017-07-25 |
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