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Amphiura Forbes 1843

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Genus Amphiura Forbes, 1843

Type taxon. Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843.

Diagnosis. Disc with scales dorsally and ventrally. Radial shields as long as wide, completely separate or united distally. Two lateral oral papillae, buccal scale higher up on the jaw. None, one or two tentacle scales. Three to seven arm spines (Forbes 1843; Verrill 1899a; Thomas 1962; Tommasi 1970; Albuquerque 1986).

Comments. Amphiura has undergone several taxonomic revisions since its original description by Forbes (1843). The most currently accepted classification split the group into four genera: Amphiura, Amphipholis, Amphioplus, and Amphiodia (Verrill 1899a). However, due to the large number of species, several authors have proposed the further splitting into four subgenera (Stöhr et al. 2016): Amphiura Forbes, 1843, Fellaria A. M. Clark, 1970, Ophiopeltis Dürben & Koren, 1846, and Ophionema Lütken, 1869. Amphiura comprises 208 species, 18 of which are recorded from Brazil (Barboza & Borges 2012): A. algida Koehler, 1911, A. (Amphiura) callida Albuquerque, Campos-Creasey & Guille, 2011, A. (Amphiura) complanata Ljungman, 1867, A. crassipes Ljungman, 1867, A. deichmani Tommasi, 1965, A. fibulata Koehler, 1913, A. flexuosa (Ljungman, 1867), A. (Ophionema) intricata (Lütken, 1859), A. iraciae Tommasi & Oliveira, 1976, A. joubini Koehler, 1912, A. kinbergi Ljungman, 1872, A. latispina Ljungman, 1867, A. muelleri Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887, A. palmeri Ljungman, 1872, A. princeps Koehler, 1907, A. rosae Tommasi & Oliveira, 1976, A. semiermis Lütken, 1869 and A. stimpsoni Lütken, 1859.

Notes

Published as part of Alitto, Renata A. S., Bueno, Maristela L., Guilherme, Pablo D. B., Domenico, Maikon Di, Christensen, Ana Beardsley & Borges, Michela, 2018, Shallow-water brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Araçá Bay (Southeastern Brazil), with spatial distribution considerations, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4405 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4405.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3097993

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4405.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Amphiuridae
Genus
Amphiura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ophiurida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Forbes
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Amphiura Forbes, 1843 sec. Alitto, Bueno, Guilherme, Domenico, Christensen & Borges, 2018

References

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  • Verrill, A. E. (1899 a) Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa, 5, 1 - 88.
  • Thomas, L. P. (1962) The shallow water amphiurid brittle stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science, 12, 623 - 694.
  • Tommasi, L. R. (1970) Os ofiuroides recentes do Brasil e de regioes vizinhas. Contribuicoes Avulsas do Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 20, 1 - 146.
  • Albuquerque, M. N. (1986) Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata) da plataforma continental do norte e nordeste brasileiro. Phd thesis, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 409 pp.
  • Stohr, S. & Martynov, A. (2016) Paedomorphosis as an Evolutionary Driving Force: Insights from Deep-Sea Brittle Stars. PLoS ONE, 11, e 0164562. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0164562
  • Clark, A. M. (1970) Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 19, 1 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 24085
  • Barboza, C. A. M. & Borges, M. (2012) A checklist of the extant species of ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Brazilian waters. Zootaxa, 3447, 1 - 21.
  • Koehler, R. (1911) Asteries, Ophiures, et Echinides de l'Expedition Antarctique Anglaise de 1907 - 1909. British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909. Reports on the Scientific Investigations, 2 (Biology), 4, 25 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12579
  • Ljungman, A. V. (1867) Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita, enumerat. Ofversigt af Konglige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 23, 303 - 336.
  • Lutken, C. F. (1859) Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum: Beskrivelser af nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstaendigt kjendte Arter af Slangestjerner. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Copenhagen, 95 pp. [pp. 177 - 271]
  • Ljungman, A. V. (1872) Forteckning ofver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goes samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Ofversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 28, 615 - 658.
  • Koehler, R. (1907) Revision de la collection des ophiures du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique, 41, 279 - 351.