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 fragilis Verrill, 1885

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphiura*	Forbes, 1843	accepted genus name
*Hemilepis*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym
*Monamphiura*	Fell, 1962	synonym
*Ophiopeltis*	Düben & Koren, 1846	synonym

Species group names

*Amphiura denticulata*	Koehler, 1896	synonym

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1885). Results of the explorations made by the Steamer Albatross off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington. 11, 503-699, plates 1-43 (begin p.604).
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885. 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:125081