WoRMS taxon details
Amphioplus (Amphioplus) abditus (Verrill, 1871)
244985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244985)
accepted
Species
Amphioplus abdita (Verrill, 1871) · unaccepted (spelling error)
Amphipholis abdita Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphipholis abdita Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Art. XIX. Brief contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale College. No. XV. Descriptions of starfishes and ophiurans from the Atlantic coasts of America and Africa. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 3, 2: 130-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36820990
page(s): 132 [details]
page(s): 132 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphioplus (Amphioplus) abditus (Verrill, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244985 on 2025-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphipholis abdita Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Art. XIX. Brief contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale College. No. XV. Descriptions of starfishes and ophiurans from the Atlantic coasts of America and Africa. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 3, 2: 130-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36820990
page(s): 132 [details]
basis of record Hendler, G. (1995). New species of brittle stars from the western Atlantic, Ophionereis vittata, Amphioplus sepultus, and Ophiostigma siva, and the designation of a neotype for Ophiostigma isocanthum (Say) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 458: 1-19.
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 132 [details]
basis of record Hendler, G. (1995). New species of brittle stars from the western Atlantic, Ophionereis vittata, Amphioplus sepultus, and Ophiostigma siva, and the designation of a neotype for Ophiostigma isocanthum (Say) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 458: 1-19.
page(s): 12 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
