Amphiuridae
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Amphiuridae
Genera (28 + †2): Acrocnida – Amphichondrius – Amphicontus – Amphilimna – Amphiodia – Amphiomya – Amphioncus – Amphioplus – Amphipholis – Amphipholizona – Amphistigma – Amphiura – †Deckersamphiura – Dougaloplus – Microphiopholis – Nannophiura – Nudamphiura – Ophiocentrus – Ophiocnida – Ophiodaphne – Ophionephthys – Ophiophragmus – Ophiosphaera – Ophiostigma – Paracrocnida – Paramphichondrius – Paramphiura – Triplodia – †Xanthamphiura
[source: World Ophiuroidea database (WoRMS 2018)]
Name
Type genus: Amphiura Forbes, 1843, by subsequent designation.
References
Primary references
- Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. [see page 309, original description]
Additional references
- Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 19(1): 1-81. BHL Reference page.
- Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483
Reference page. - O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.
- Stöhr, S. & Alme, Ø. 2015. Sometimes two arms are enough—an unusual life-stage in brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 3994(3): 425–432. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.3.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- Verrill, A.E. 1899a. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page. [see page 305]
