Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Gnathophiurina > 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, 1856)	synonym
*Amphiura elegans*	(Leach, 1815)	synonym
*Asterias squamata*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Axiognathus squamata*	(Delle Chiaje, 1829)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: levendbarende slangster

English: brooding snake star; dwarf brittle star sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Schuppiger Schlangenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergslangestjerne sources: Memorie sulla storia e anatomia degli animali del

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergslangestjerne sources: Memorie sulla storia e anatomia degli animali del

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
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. and J. Courtman-Stock. (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	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	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	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.
additional source	Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and 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	North East Atlantic Taxa
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. 693 p.
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

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Link To GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2012). Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828). In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2012). World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125064