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Amphipholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)

244941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244941)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Echinodermata
  4. Asterozoa
  5. Ophiuroidea
  6. Myophiuroida
  7. Metophiurida
  8. Ophintegrida
  9. Amphilepidida
  10. Gnathophiurina
  11. Amphiuroidea
  12. Amphiuridae
  13. Amphipholis
  14. Amphipholis atra
accepted
Species
Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866
Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Stimpson, W. (1854). Two new species of Ophiolepis, from the southern coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 224-226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870934#page/232/mode/1up [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphipholis atra (Stimpson, 1852). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=244941 on 2026-06-23
NARMS (2026). Amphipholis atra (Stimpson, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=244941 on 2026-06-23
Date
action
by
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-24 08:38:00Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-29 08:18:57Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2011-07-07 07:16:16Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2026-05-20 10:59:03Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of ) Stimpson, W. (1854). Two new species of Ophiolepis, from the southern coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 224-226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870934#page/232/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference Cano, L. Z.; Damiano, C. D. J. S.; Alitto, R. A. D. S.; Borges, M. (2026). Taxonomic status of the genera Amphipholis and Microphiopholis (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses and <i>Microphiopholis</i> (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag059 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphiopholis atra) (from synonym Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (58 records) (from synonym Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852))
To ITIS