Amphiuridae

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 – Silax – †Xanthamphiura

[source: World Ophiuroidea database (WoRMS 2018)]

Name

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867: 309

Type genus: Amphiura Forbes, 1843, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867; — Ely, 1942: 34.
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.
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. 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. 1899a. 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]