Amphiura vivipara

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 vivipara

Name

Amphiura vivipara H.L. Clark, 1918

• ZooBank: E783B5D2-CB7B-4D25-B04E-5FA27587B93C

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Trinidad and Tobago, Buccoo Bay, 11.1778820°N 60.811479°W / 11.1778820; -60.811479.

• Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4129 [1].

• Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4130 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-4189 [3].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Amphiura stimpsonii Lütken, 1859

• Synonymised by Thomas (1962: 636).

Synonymy

• Amphiura vivipara H.L. Clark, 1918: 268–269, pl. 1(1–2); — Downey, 1969: 39.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Amphiura vivipara H.L. Clark, 1918 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 15, 2026