Sinophiura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

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: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Sinophiura
Species transferred to other genera: S. multispina

Name

Sinophiura Liao, 1983: 179–180

• ZooBank: AB4DFAD6-70D8-4095-84A3-E2083C0EB70C

• Type species: Amphilimna multispina Koehler, 1922, by original designation.

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Amphilimna Verrill, 1899

References

• Liao, Y. 1989. On Amphilimna polyacantha sp. nov. and the systematic position of A. multispina Koehler (Ophiuroidea). Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 1: 177–184. DOI: 10.1007/BF02900482 . Reference page. 

Links

• Sinophiura Liao, 1983 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on September 28, 2025