Amphiura trisacantha

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 trisacantha

Name

Amphiura trisacantha H.L. Clark, 1928

• ZooBank: DE8E6109-CDC1-4F0E-B168-E42B2FBE5B36

• Type locality: South Australia, St. Vincent Gulf, 35.17°S 137.92°E / -35.17; 137.92.

• Holotype: SAMA K212 [1].

Synonymy

• Amphiura trisacantha H.L. Clark, 1928: 425–426, fig. 125; — Cotton & Godfrey, 1942: 211; — H.L. Clark, 1946: 193; — Baker & Devaney, 1981: 175–176, figs. 43–48.

References

• Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155–178. BHL full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 3(4): 361–482. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page. 
• Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1942. Echinodermata of the Flindersian Region, Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 7: 193–234. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Amphiura trisacantha H.L. Clark, 1928 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on August 13, 2025