Amphiuridae

Amphioplus thrombodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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
Genera (28 + †2): Acrocnida – Amphichondrius – Amphicontus – Amphilimna – Amphiodia – Amphiomya – Amphioncus – Amphioplus – Amphipholis – Amphipholizona – Amphistigma – Amphiura – †Deckersamphiura – Dougaloplus – Microphiopholis – Nannophiura – Nudamphiura – Ophiocentrus – Ophiocnida – Ophiodaphne – Ophionephthys – Ophiophragmus – Ophiosphaera – Ophiostigma – Paracrocnida – Paramphichondrius – Paramphiura – Triplodia – †Xanthamphiura

[source: World Ophiuroidea database (WoRMS 2018)]

Name

• Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867: 309
  • Type genus: Amphiura Forbes, 1843, by subsequent designation

Synonymy

• Amphiurinae

References

• 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. 
• Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page.  [as Amphiuridae p. 38]
• Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page.  [as Amphiuridae p. 44–45]
• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page.  [as Amphiuridae p. 309 BHL (original description)]
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.  [as Amphiuridae p. 68] [as Amphiurinae p. 69–70]
• 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.  [as Amphiuridae p. 20]
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [as Amphiuridae p. 80–85]
• Stöhr, S. & Alme, Ø. 2015. Sometimes two arms are enough—an unusual life-stage in brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 3994(3): 425–432. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.3.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. 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.  [see page 305]