Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje 1828)
- Dataset
- Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint- Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Amphilepidida
- family
- Amphiuridae
- genus
- Amphipholis
- species
- Amphipholis squamata
discussion
Remarks. Amphipholis squamata is a polyphyletic (O’Hara et al. 2017) assemblage of numerous genetic lineages (Boissin et al. 2008). Only synonyms relevant to the SPA are listed above. The wide bathymetric range of the MD 50 samples suggests that several lineages may be present in the SPA. Hertz (1927 a) named her specimens A. minor after a South African lineage, however, the diagnostic characters used by Döderlein (1910) to distinguish this species were inadequate (Mortensen 1933 a). The MD 50 material is small and damaged.
distribution
Distribution. Arctic (29 – 2369 m), NW Atlantic (0 – 1962 m), NE Atlantic (0 – 1560 m), NW Pacific (0 – 413 m), NE Pacific (0 – 933 m), W Atlantic (0 – 353 m), E Atlantic (0 – 741 m), W Indian (0 – 750 m), E Indo-W Pacific (0 – 694 m), E Pacific (0 – 46 m), S America (0 – 134 m), S Africa (0 – 1600 m), S Australia (0 – 841 m), New Zealand (2 – 1059 m). SPA (3 – 1600 m).
materials_examined
Material examined. MD 50 DC 2, MNHN IE. 2009.1522 (2). MD 50 WP 4, MNHN IE. 2009.1523 (1). MD 50 DC 8, MNHN IE. 2009.1524 (5). MD 50 DC 44, MNHN IE. 2009.1525 (16). MD 50 DC 59, MNHN IE. 2009.1526 (4). MD 50 DC 71, MNHN IE. 2009.1527 (2). MD 50 DC 79, MNHN IE. 2009.1528 (2). MD 50 DC 105, MNHN IE. 2009.1529 (1). MD 50 DC 114, MNHN IE. 2009.1530 (1). MD 50 CP 149, MNHN IE. 2009.1531 (9). MD 50 DC 157, MNHN IE. 2009.1532 (21). MD 50 DC 167, MNHN IE. 2009.1533 (1).
Name
- Synonyms
- Amphipholis minor (Doderlein 1910)
- Homonyms
- Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje 1828)