Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Gnathophiurina > 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
Silax Fell, 1962 synonym

Children

Amphiura (Amphiura) Forbes, 1843
Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) Düben & Koren, 1846
Amphiura abyssorum Norman, in Jeffreys, 1876
Amphiura bellis Lyman, 1879
Amphiura borealis (Sars G.O., 1871)
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 Djakonov, 1954
Amphiura sundevalli (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Amphiura tritonis Hoyle, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.)

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External Links

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Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Amphiura Forbes, 1843. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123613

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2007-09-17 by Sabine Stöhr

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