Amphiura antarctica

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: Amphiura
Species: Amphiura antarctica

Name

Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876

• ZooBank: 29741D83-F3F0-44FB-8E0E-583CAFEBFD1D

• Type locality: Kerguelen Islands.

• Syntypes: MCZ:OPH-1288 [1]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 2084 [2]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 2197 [3]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 2199 [4].

Synonymy

• Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876: 461.
• Amphiura studeri Lyman, 1879: 32.
  • Formely a replacement name for Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876 potentilly a junior homonym of Ophiophragmus antarcticus Ljungman, 1867 wich is a synonym of Ophiophragmus chilensis (Müller & Troschel, 1843)

References

• Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(2): 17–84. BHL Reference page. 
• Studer, T.R. 1876. Echinodermen aus dem antarktischen Meere und zwei neue Seeigel von den Papua-Inseln, gesammelt auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 452–465. BHL (German). Reference page. 

Links

• Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on July 21, 2026