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 > Genus Amphipholis

Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphipholis*	Ljungman, 1866	accepted genus name
*Axiognathus*	Thomas, 1966	synonym

Species group names

*Amphipholis lineata*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym
*Amphipholis tenera*	(Lütken, 1859)	synonym
*Amphipholis tenuispina*	(Ljungman, 1865)	synonym
*Amphiura elegans*	(Leach, 1815)	synonym
*Amphiura tenera*	Lütken, 1859	synonym
*Amphiura tenuispina*	Ljungman, 1865	synonym
*Asterias squamata*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Axiognathus squamata*	(Delle Chiaje, 1829)	synonym
*Ophiura elegans*	Leach, 1815	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: levendbarende slangster

English: brooding snake star; Dwarf brittle star, Long-armed brittle star, Scale brittle star, Small brittle star, Tiny brittle star sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: ophiure écailleuse

German: Schuppiger Schlangenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: イソコモチクモヒトデ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergslangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: dvärgormstjärna

Literature

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	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
additional source	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp.
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Clark, A. M. (1977). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises, part 4: Echinoderms. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 73(6):; 133-147.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
status source	Hendler, G.; Peck, R.W. 1988. Ophiuroids off the deep end: Fauna of the Belizean fore-reef slope. In: Burke, R.D.; Mladenov, P.V.; Lambert, P.; Parsley, R.L. Echinoderm Biology, Proceedings of the sixth International Echinoderm Conference, 411-419.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125064