WoRMS name details
Amphiura diastata (Murakami, 1942) non McClendon, 1909
242927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242927)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym
Species
Amphilepis diastata Murakami, 1942 · unaccepted (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1965))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphilepis diastata Murakami, 1942) Murakami, S. (1942). Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. <em>Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyusyu Imperial University.</em> 7(1): 1-36, 12 figs. [details]
Taxonomy Transferred to Amphiura by A.M. Clark (1965), which made it a homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909. Pending a...
Taxonomy Transferred to Amphiura by A.M. Clark (1965), which made it a homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909. Pending a revision this name is not valid, but there is no replacement name and it is still unclear, if this is a synonym of another name. Clark originally tentatively suggested that this species may be a synonym of Amphiura koreae, but later (Clark 1970), she expressed doubt about A. koreae belonging in Amphiura, whereas she is definite about A. diastata (Murakami, 1942) belonging in Amphiura. The taxonomic status of A. koreae and A. diastata has not been resolved yet and for now, they are treated as valid species, albeit the combination A. diastata is a junior homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura diastata (Murakami, 1942) non McClendon, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242927 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphilepis diastata Murakami, 1942) Murakami, S. (1942). Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. <em>Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyusyu Imperial University.</em> 7(1): 1-36, 12 figs. [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Clark, A. M. (1965). Japanese and other ophiuroids from the collections of the Munich museum. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 13(2), 39-71, 1 pl. [details]
new combination reference Clark, A. M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.).</em> 19(1): 1-81., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2305923 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Clark, A. M. (1965). Japanese and other ophiuroids from the collections of the Munich museum. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 13(2), 39-71, 1 pl. [details]
new combination reference Clark, A. M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.).</em> 19(1): 1-81., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2305923 [details]
Other
additional source
McClendon, J.F. 1909. The ophiurans of the San Diego region. University of California Publications in Zoology, 6(3), 33-64. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Transferred to Amphiura by A.M. Clark (1965), which made it a homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909. Pending a revision this name is not valid, but there is no replacement name and it is still unclear, if this is a synonym of another name. Clark originally tentatively suggested that this species may be a synonym of Amphiura koreae, but later (Clark 1970), she expressed doubt about A. koreae belonging in Amphiura, whereas she is definite about A. diastata (Murakami, 1942) belonging in Amphiura. The taxonomic status of A. koreae and A. diastata has not been resolved yet and for now, they are treated as valid species, albeit the combination A. diastata is a junior homonym of Amphiura diastata McClendon, 1909. [details]
