Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Amphilepidida > Suborder Gnathophiurina > Superfamily Amphiuroidea > Family Amphiuridae

Amphiura Forbes, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemilepis*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym
*Monamphiura*	Fell, 1962	synonym
*Ophiopeltis*	Düben & Koren, 1846	synonym

Children

Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1846
Amphiura abyssorum Norman in Jeffreys, 1876
Amphiura bellis Lyman, 1879
Amphiura borealis (G.O. Sars, 1872)
Amphiura cherbonnieri Guille, 1972
Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
Amphiura delamarei Cherbonnier, 1958
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885
Amphiura griegi Mortensen, 1920
Amphiura lacazei Guille, 1976
Amphiura mediterranea Lyman, 1882
Amphiura otteri Ljungman, 1872
Amphiura richardi Koehler, 1896
Amphiura sarsi Ljungman, 1872
Amphiura senegalensis Madsen, 1970
Amphiura stepanovi Chernyavskii, 1861
Amphiura stepanovi Djakonov, 1954
Amphiura sundevalli (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Amphiura tritonis Hoyle, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: mudderslangestjerner sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: gjørmeslangestjerner

Literature

original description	Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura Forbes, 1843. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123613