Amphipholis squamata
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Amphipholis squamata (delle Chiaje, 1828)
Material examined. ESFM-ECH/2005-7, 15.9.2005, Iskenderun Bay, K11, 1 m, on Jania rubens, 5 specimens; ESFM-ECH/2005-8, 15.9.2005, Iskenderun Bay, K11, 2 m, on Cystoseira elegans, 2 specimens; ESFM-ECH/2005-9, 20.9.2005, Bogsak, K20, 25 m, on Jania rubens, 3 specimens; ESFM-ECH/ 2005-10, 10.9.2005, Iskenderun Bay, G5, 25 m, muddy sand, 1 specimen.
Distribution. The species is widely distributed in the Mediterranean Sea (Pérez-Ruzafa & López-Ibor 1988), which is also its type locality (at Naples, Italy). It has long been assumed to have a cosmopolitan distribution, but recent molecular studies suggest that it is a cryptic species complex (Le Gac et al. 2004). Morphological differences between the genetic clades remain to be discovered.
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.195488 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB2FFCB84667A5AFFDFF061E071FFF2 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/038B87B384607A52FF48F698E447FED0 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119386839 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/48148/taxon/038B87B384607A52FF48F698E447FED0.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Ophiurida
- Family
- Amphiuridae
- Genus
- Amphipholis
- Species
- squamata
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Delle Chiaje, S. (1828) Memorie sulla storia e anotomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli, vol. 3, Stamperia della societa tipografica, Napoli [Naples], 232 p.
- Perez-Ruzafa, A. & Lopez-Ibor, A. (1988) Echinoderm fauna from the south-western Mediterranean - Biogeographic relationships. Echinoderm Biology, Proceedings of the Sixth International Echinoderm Conference, Victoria / 23 - 28 August 1987. (eds R. D. Burke, P. V. Mladenov & P. Lambert), Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 355 - 362.
- Le Gac, M., Feral, J. - P., Poulin, E., Veyret, M. & Chenuil, A. (2004) Identification of allopatric clades in the cosmopolitan ophiuroid species complex Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata). The end of a paradox? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 278, 171 - 178.