World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915

Deep-Sea name details

Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915

AphiaID

244738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244738)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866

Original name

Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Matsumoto, H. (1915). A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43-92., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1708443 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244738 on 2026-08-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244738 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-08-27 13:50:37Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2022-03-31 09:06:47Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Matsumoto, H. (1915). A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43-92., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1708443 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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

source of synonymy Liao, Yulin. (2004). Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Fauna Sinica. 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing.
page(s): 187 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype MCZ OPH-3893 [details]

Language	Name
Japanese	イソコモチクモヒトデ	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-3893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)