Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) 
AphiaID: 158072

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Microphiopholis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Microphiopholis Turner, 1985
Synonymised names		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
Sources		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 ITIS database, 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, and 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. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 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. Akademie, 27, 1-50. [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] [show all]
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]
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)  To Encyclopedia of Life  To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection  To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158072
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-25 08:24:16Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2007-08-30 09:31:55Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2009-06-24 08:38:00Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2009-06-29 08:18:57Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-07-07 07:16:16Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2014). Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158072 on 2014-07-12