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Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)

158072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158072)

  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. Microphiopholis
  14. Microphiopholis atra
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Amphipholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)
Species
Microphiopholis Turner, 1985 accepted as Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866
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. Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158072 on 2026-07-31
NARMS (2026). Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158072 on 2026-07-31
Date
action
by
2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-08-30 09:31:55Z
changed
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 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

new combination reference Turner, R.L. 1985. Microphiopholis, replacement name for Micropholis Thomas, 1966 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae) NON Huxley, 1859 (Amphibia: Dissorophidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wshington 98(4): 1028-1029. [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] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphiopholis atra) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (58 records) 
To ITIS