WoRMS taxon details
Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
AphiaID: 125064
AphiaID: 125064
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphipholis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphioplus squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Amphipholis appressa Ljungman, 1872 Amphipholis australiana H.L. Clark, 1909 Amphipholis elegans (Farquhar, 1897) Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915 Amphipholis kinbergi Ljungman, 1872 Amphipholis lineata Ljungman, 1872 (synonym) Amphipholis minor (Döderlein, 1910) Amphipholis patagonica Ljungman, 1872 (synonymized by Mortensen (1936)) Amphipholis squamata tenuispina (Ljungman, 1865) (revised by Mortensen) Amphipholis tenera (Lütken, 1856) (synonym) Amphipholis tenuispina (Ljungman, 1865) (synonym) Amphipholis tissieri Reys, 1961 (synonym acc. to Cherbonnier (1965)) Amphiura elegans (Leach, 1815) (synonym of suppressed name Ophiura elegans) Amphiura neglecta Forbes, 1843 Amphiura parva Hutton, 1878 Amphiura squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 Amphiura tenera Lütken, 1856 Amphiura tenuispina Ljungman, 1865 (synonym) Asteria squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (misspelling?) Asterias noctiluca Viviani, 1805 (according to Millott in Boolootian (1966)) Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (transferred to Amphipholis) Axiognathus squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1829) (synonym) Ophiactis minor Döderlein, 1910 (synonym) Ophiolepis tenuis Ayres, 1854 (synonymized by H.L. Clark (1915)) Ophiura elegans Leach, 1815 (suppressed by ICZN) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: North East Atlantic Taxa (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.; 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] from synonym: Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 1871, 28(5), 615-658. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Farquhar, H. 1897. A contribution to the history of N.Z. Echinoderms. Journal Linnean Society Zoology, 26. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1970). the name of the starfish Anthenea acuta (Perrier), preoccupied. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 95: 157. page(s): 31 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1987). Case 2131. Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (currently Amphipholis squamata; Echinodermatat, Ophiuroidea): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 246-247., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/2629 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: ICZN Opinion 1560. Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (curretnly Amphipholis squamata; Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(3): 210., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/5120 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Loisette, M.M. & J.I. Marshall (1983). Some aspects of the Zoogeography of Northwestern Australian Echinoderms (other than Holothurians), Bull. of Marine Science, 33(3): 671-684 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. (1921). Echinodermes. Faune de France, 1. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences, Paris. 216 pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12:109-348, pls. 1-9. (iii-1936). (Copepoda: 332)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28331#page/215/mode/1up page(s): 293 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ljungman, A. V. 1865. Tillägg till kännedom af Skandinaviens Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1863, 21(7), 359-367, pl. XV. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classificatioon of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 68: 43-92. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Liao, Yulin. 2004. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Fauna Sinica, 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing page(s): 187 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 19(1): 1-81. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Forbes. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark H.L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52: 107-135. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hutton, F.W. 1878. Notes on some New Zealand Echinodermata, with description of new species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 9, 305-308. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lütken, C.F. (1855). Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavet Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening 1854, 6: 95-104. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Döderlein, L. 1910. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea. In: Schultze, L. Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt 1903-1905 (Jenaer Denkschrift 16), 4(1), 246-258. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Reys, J.P. 1961. Deux Ophiures nouvelles: Amphipholis tissieri et Ophiomyces peresi. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endome, 36, 153-157. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cherbonnier, G. 1965. Note sur deux supposés nouvelles espéces d'ophiures des Mers d'Europe: Amphipholis tissieri Reys et Ophiomyces peresi Reys. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, series 2, 37(5), 844-847. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [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. page(s): 133 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Amphipholis squamata tenuispina (Ljungman, 1865) accepted as Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] 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 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] 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] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: This species is luminescent with a greenish light. [details] Breeding: Hermaphrodite, possibly self-fertilising, viviparous. May-September? [details] Description: Description: Arm length to 15 mm, disc diamter to 2.5 mm. Disc with obvious scales and with a pair of D-shaped radial shields, half the disc radius in length, twice as long as wide, contiguous. Three oral papillae on each side of the jaw. Aboral arm plates wider than long, distal margin convex. Three arm spines, as long as the segment. Two tentacle scales. Disc colour mottled bluish-grey and pink, the distal part of the radial shields standing out as a bright spot surrounded by darker colour. Arms marked with darker spots. Habitat: lower eulittoral on the underside of stones and among seaweed, and deeper on sand, mud and among seagrasses. Also recorded in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995)); Lakshadeep (India) in Sastry (1991). General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); circumglobal (northeastern North America, northern Europe, South Africa, new Zealand, Indo-Pacific Ocean), depth range 0-500 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); temperate and tropical waters worldwide (Richmond, 1998). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Distribution: Cosmopolitan in temperate and warm temperate seas [details] Distribution: Arctic to Florida; Alaska to S. California [details] Distribution: Intertidal to more than 200 m depth. Common along algae in tidepools and damp places , and under stones in gravel, from aboout mid-tide level down, all round the British Isles; occasional offshore among gravel and shells. Cosmopolitan in temperate and in warm seas, but A. squamata is probably a species complex, the individual species distinguishable by molecular methods only (Le Gac et al., 2004) [details] Habitat: Found from the intertidal zone to 828 m depth, often with tunicates, prefers rock, algae covered and gravel substrate. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Reproduction: Broods young in bursal slits near arm attachment sites. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125064 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125064 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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