Amphipholis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 : Amphipholis
Species (32): A. atra – A. bananensis – A. conolampadis – A. elevata – A. geminata – A. goesi – A. gracillima – A. januarii – A. kochii – A. laevidisca – A. linopneusti – A. littoralis – A. microdiscus – A. misera – A. murmanica – A. nudipora – A. pentacantha – A. platydisca – A. procidens – A. pugetana – A. puntarenae – A. serrataspina – A. sigillata – A. similis – A. sobrina – A. squamata – A. strata – A. subtilis – A. tetracantha – A. torelli – A. tuberosa – A. vitax

Transferred to other genera (18): A. abdita – A. andreae – A. depressa – A. fissa – A. gibbosa – A. granulata – A. grisea – A. hastata – A. impressa – A. integra – A. litoralis – A. lobata – A. loripes – A. loveni – A. luetkeni – A. occidentalis – A. oerstedi – A. riisei

In synonymy (19): A. antarctica – A. appressa – A. australiana – A. clypeata – A. cordifera – A. elegans – A. erecta – A. instructa – A. japonica – A. kinbergi – A. limbata – A. lineata – A. minor – A. murex – A. pachybactra – A. patagonica – A. tenera – A. tenuispina – A. tissieri

Name

Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866

ZooBank: 716715AA-76F4-4D16-A6C2-040765B73B85

Type species: Amphipholis januarii Ljungman, 1866, by monotypy.

Synonymy

Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866: 165; 1867: 311; — Verrill, 1899: 311; — Ely, 1942: 36; — Thomas, 1962: 657; — Thomas, 1966: 830; — A.M. Clark, 1970: 28–31; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 20; — Cano et al., 2026.
Monopholis Fell, 1962
- Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1970: 31).
Nullopholis Fell, 1962
- Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1970: 31).
Axiognathus Thomas, 1966: 831–832.
- Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1970: 31).
Micropholis Thomas, 1966: 830–831.
- Synonymised by Cano et al. (2026).
Microphiopholis Turner, 1985
- Synonymised by Cano et al. (2026).

References

Cano, L.Z., Damiano, C.J.S., Alitto, R.A.S., Borges, M. 2026. Taxonomic status of the genera Amphipholis and Microphiopholis (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 207(1): zlag059. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag059 . 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.
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page.
Ljungman, A. 1866. Om några nya arter af Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(6): 163-166. BHL Reference page.
Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL 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.
Thomas, L.P. 1962. The Shallow Water Amphiurid Brittle Stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 12(4): 623–694. Online. Reference page.
Thomas, L.P. 1966. A Revision of the Tropical American Species of Amphipholis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science 16(4): 827–833. Online. 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.

Links

Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 13, 2026