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 Amphiura

Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphiura*	Forbes, 1843	accepted genus name
*Amphiura (Amphiura)*	Forbes, 1843	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura (Ophiopeltis)*	Düben & Koren, 1846	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura abyssorum*	Norman in Jeffreys, 1876	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura bellis*	Lyman, 1879	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura borealis*	(G.O. Sars, 1872)	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura cherbonnieri*	Guille, 1972	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura chiajei*	Forbes, 1843	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura delamarei*	Cherbonnier, 1958	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura filiformis*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura fragilis*	Verrill, 1885	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura griegi*	Mortensen, 1920	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura lacazei*	Guille, 1976	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura mediterranea*	Lyman, 1882	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura otteri*	Ljungman, 1872	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura richardi*	Koehler, 1896	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura sarsi*	Ljungman, 1872	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura senegalensis*	Madsen, 1970	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura stepanovi*	Chernyavskii, 1861	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura stepanovi*	Djakonov, 1954	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura sundevalli*	(Müller & Troschel, 1842)	taxonomically included in
*Amphiura tritonis*	Hoyle, 1884	taxonomically included in
*Hemilepis*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym
*Monamphiura*	Fell, 1962	synonym
*Ophiopeltis*	Düben & Koren, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: brittlestar sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

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

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

Swedish: fjällig trådormstjärna

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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura chiajei 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:125073