Amphiodia loripes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina Superfamilia: Amphiuroidea

Familia: Amphiuridae
Genus: Amphiodia
Species: Amphiodia loripes

Name

Amphiodia loripes (Koehler, 1922)

• Original combination: Amphipholis loripes Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: 587BC556-EBCA-4208-A903-A14AD345B186

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Luzon Island, Tayabas Bay, 13.7042°N 121.838°E / 13.7042; 121.838, depth 196 m.

• Holotype: USNM 41190 [1].

Synonymy

• Amphipholis loripes Koehler, 1922: 164–165, pl. 68(6–10), pl. 96(10); — Downey, 1969: 17; — A.M. Clark, 1970: 29, 76, fig. 6a; — Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978: 100–101, fig. 45.
• Monopholis loripes (Koehler, 1922) Fell, 1962: 13.
• Amphiodia (Amphispina) loripes (Koehler, 1922) Stöhr, 2011: 30–31, fig. 13.

References

• Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. 48: 272 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1962a. A Revision of the Major Genera of Amphiurid Ophiuroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 2(1): 1–26. Online. Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3089.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Amphiodia (Amphispina) loripes Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on September 29, 2025