Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Gnathophiurina > 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
*Hemilepis*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym
*Monamphiura*	Fell, 1962	synonym
*Ophiopeltis*	Düben & Koren, 1846	synonym
*Silax*	Fell, 1962	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Norwegian Bokmål: grov mudderslangestjerne sources: Trans. Linnaean Soc. 19: 151.

Norwegian Nynorsk: grov gjørmeslangestjerne sources: Trans. Linnaean Soc. 19: 151.

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

Swedish: fjällig trådormstjärna

Literature

original description	Forbes. 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	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	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2011). Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2011). 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:125073