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Micropholis Thomas, 1966 
AphiaID: 158071

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior homonym of Microphiopholis Huxley, 1859)
Record
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Accepted name  Microphiopholis Turner, 1985
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ophiolepis atra Stimpson, 1852 (type by original designation)
Parent Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

source of synonymy: 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]

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Species Micropholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) accepted as Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158071
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
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Micropholis Thomas, 1966. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158071 on 2013-05-24
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