Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) 
AphiaID: 125064

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Ophiuroidea > Ophiurida > Ophiurina > Gnathophiurina > Amphiuridae > Amphipholis

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866
Sources		original description: Delle Chiaje S. 1823-1831. Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40484 [details] basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: 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: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. (1977). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises, part 4: Echinoderms. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 73(6):; 133-147. [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details] additional source: 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] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] status source: Hendler, G.; Peck, R.W. 1988. Ophiuroids off the deep end: Fauna of the Belizean fore-reef slope. In: Burke, R.D.; Mladenov, P.V.; Lambert, P.; Parsley, R.L. Echinoderm Biology, Proceedings of the sixth International Echinoderm Conference, 411-419. [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch levendbarende slangster  [details] English brooding snake star  [details] English dwarf brittle star  [details] German Schuppiger Schlangenstern  [details] Norwegian Bokmål dvergslangestjerne  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk dvergslangestjerne  [details] Swedish dvärgormstjärna  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Atlantic [details] Banc d'Arguin [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belize [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] Canada [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cobscook Bay [details] Cuba [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Guatemala [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Helgoland [details] Honduras [details] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Manicouagan [details] Mexico [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Red Sea [details] Saguenay Fjord [details] Saint Lawrence River [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] Venezuela [details] West Coast of Norway  [details] West Indian Ocean [details] Wimereux [details]
Specimen		Unknown type , locality Naples [details]
Feedingtype		detritus feeder [details]
Host of		Cancerilla tubulata Dalyell, 1851 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Parachordeumium amphiurae (Hérouard, 1906) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (152 nucleotides; 33 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125064
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2010-05-18 08:14:54Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125064 on 2013-05-25
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