Dougaloplus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Dougaloplus
Species: D. acanthinus – D. amphacanthus – D. derjugini – D. echinatus – D. gastracanthus – D. libera – D. notacanthus

• Transferred to other genera: D. sexradia – D. transacta
  

• In synonymy: D. dividua
  

Name

Dougalopus A.M. Clark, 1970

• ZooBank: 5733717F-7521-4B2A-8266-10188E80B2E3

Note: replacement name for Amphiacantha Matsumoto, 1917

• Type species: Amphioplus acanthinus H.L. Clark, 1911, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Amphiacantha Matsumoto, 1917
  • junior homonym of Amphiacantha Popofsky, 1904.
• Dougalopus A.M. Clark, 1970: 33–35; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 20..

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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Dougaloplus Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 09, 2025

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