MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3893

Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Syntype of Amphipholis japonica

Date Collected:

1910-06-01/1910-08-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Northwest | Japan, Arai Beach, Misaki Marine Biological Station

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-3893 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3893 Description: Top down view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3893 Description: Underside view of single ophiuroid specimen with a scale bar.; Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology OPH-3893 Description: Handwritten labels for this specimen included in the specimen tray.; Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-02-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: H. Matsumotolinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID

Matsumoto, T. 1915, page 71, Syntype of Amphipholis japonica Matsumoto, 1915
Media type: text; Matsumoto, T. 1915 Description: A New Classification of the Ophiuroidea: With Descriptions of New Genera and Species;

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Shows Publication: Matsumoto, T. 1915 Description: A New Classification of the Ophiuroidea: With Descriptions of New Genera and Species

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (dry) fair arms missing in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-07   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-07

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Japan
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Japan, Arai Beach, Misaki Marine Biological Station
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Japan, Arai Beach, Misaki Marine Biological Station
  • Habitat Description:
  • under stone on fine sand
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1910-06-01 / 1910-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Summer 1910
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]
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