Hemipholis elongata (Say, 1825) 
AphiaID: 245921

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

Status		nomen dubium (by Hendler (2011))
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Hemipholis Lyman, 1865
Synonymised taxa		Asterias cordifera Bosc, 1802 Ophiolepis uncinata Ayres, 1851 or 1852
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [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] status source: Hendler, G. (2011) New light on the nomenclature, taxonomy, and biology of Hemipholis species (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiactidae). Zootaxa 3048: 44-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03048p052.pdf [details] status source: Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173 [details] from synonym: Bosc, L.A.C. 1802. Histoire naturelle des vers, contenant leur description et leur moeurs avec figures dessinées d'après nature. 3 vols. Paris, Deterville Libraire. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lyman, T. (1865). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College no. 1: 1-200. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ayres, W. O. 1854. Descriptions of new species of Ophiuridae. Proceedings Boston Society Natural History, 4, 133-135, 248-250. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Belize [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Trinidad and Tobago [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245921
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-08-27 13:50:37Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2008-06-02 07:45:04Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-10-13 07:41:00Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Hemipholis elongata (Say, 1825). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245921 on 2013-05-21