Ophiuroidea taxon details
Amphipholis platydisca Nielsen, 1932
242876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242876)
accepted
Species
Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Nielsen, E. 1932. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916 - 59. - Ophiurans from the Gulf of Panama, California, and the Strait of Georgia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 91, 241-346. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphipholis platydisca Nielsen, 1932. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242876 on 2026-10-04
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Nielsen, E. 1932. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916 - 59. - Ophiurans from the Gulf of Panama, California, and the Strait of Georgia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 91, 241-346. [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]
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 European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphiopholis platydisca) (from synonym Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932))
To Genbank (from synonym Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records) (from synonym Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932))
To Genbank (from synonym Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records) (from synonym Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932))