197 Species in Family Amphiuridae
Nominal species list for Amphiuridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) Sand burrowing brittle star
Amphichondrius granulosus Nielson, 1932
Amphicontus minutus Hill, 1940
Amphilimna granulosa Liao, 1989
Amphilimna mirabilis (H.L. Clark, 1941)
Amphilimna multispina Koehler, 1922
Amphilimna olivacea unspecified
Amphilimna polyacantha Liao, 1983
Amphilimna sinica Liao, 1989
Amphilimna tanyodes Devaney, 1974
Amphilimna transacta (Koehler, 1930)
Amphilycus scripta (Koehler, 1904)
Amphiodia atra unspecified
Amphiodia crassa (Koehler, 1904)
Amphiodia craterodmeta unspecified
Amphiodia digitata Nielsen, 1932
Amphiodia gyraspis Clark, 1915
Amphiodia microplax Burfield, 1924
Amphiodia minuta Clark, 1939
Amphiodia obtecta Mortensen, 1940
Amphiodia occidentalis (Lyman, 1860) Long-armed brittle star
Amphiodia oerstedi (Lütken, 1856)
Amphiodia olivacea (Brock, 1888)
Amphiodia peloria Bush, 1921
Amphiodia periercta Clark, 1911
Amphiodia planispina (Von Martens, 1867)
Amphiodia psara Clark, 1935
Amphiodia psilochora Clark, 1911
Amphiodia pulchella (Lyman, 1869)
Amphiodia repens (Lyman, 1875)
Amphiodia rhabdota Clark, 1918
Amphiodia riisei (Lütken, 1859)
Amphiodia rossica D'yakonov, 1935
Amphiodia tabogae Nielsen, 1932
Amphiodia trychna Clark, 1918
Amphiodia tymbara Clark, 1918
Amphiodia urtica (Lyman, 1860)
Amphiodia vicina Clark, 1940
Amphiodia violacea (Lütken, 1856)
Amphioplus abditus (Verrill, 1871)
Amphioplus affinis (Studer, 1885)
Amphioplus ancistrotus (Clark, 1911)
Amphioplus andreae (Lütken, 1872)
Amphioplus brocki Koehler, 1927
Amphioplus coniortodes Clark, 1918
Amphioplus cyrtacanthus Clark, 1915
Amphioplus daleus Lyman, 1879
Amphioplus depressus (Ljungman, 1867)
Amphioplus euryaspis (Clark, 1911)
Amphioplus exsecratus (Koehler, 1905)
Amphioplus hastatus (Ljungman, 1867)
Amphioplus hexacanthus (Clark, 1911)
Amphioplus impressus (Ljungman, 1867)
Amphioplus incisus Lyman, 1883
Amphioplus intermedius (Koehler, 1905)
Amphioplus iuxtus Murakami, 1943
Amphioplus laevis (Lyman, 1874)
Amphioplus legatus Koehler, 1922
Amphioplus lucidus Koehler, 1922
Amphioplus macraspis (Clark, 1911)
Amphioplus patulus (Lyman, 1879)
Amphioplus peregrinator (Koehler, 1912)
Amphioplus rhadinobrachius Clark, 1911
Amphioplus sepultus Hendler, 1995
Amphioplus stewartensis (Mortensen, 1924)
Amphioplus strongyloplax (Clark, 1911)
Amphioplus thrombodes Clark, 1918
Amphioplus tumidus unspecified
Amphipholis januarii Ljungman, 1886
Amphipholis loripes Koehler, 1922
Amphipholis misera (Koehler, 1899)
Amphipholis pachybactera Clark, 1918
Amphipholis pugetana (Lyman, 1860) Black and white brittle star
Amphipholis sobrina Matsumoto, 1917
Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Dwarf brittle star
Amphiura abbreviata Koehler, 1905
Amphiura abyssorum unspecified
Amphiura aestuarii Matsumoto, 1915
Amphiura algida Koehler, 1911
Amphiura ambigua Koehler, 1905
Amphiura amokurae Mortensen, 1924
Amphiura angularis Lyman, 1879
Amphiura annulifera Mortensen, 1924
Amphiura antarctica Studer, 1876
Amphiura arcystata Clark, 1911
Amphiura argentea Lyman, 1879
Amphiura aster Farquhar, 1901
Amphiura atlantica Ljungman, 1867
Amphiura belgicae Koehler, 1900
Amphiura bidentata Clark, 1938
Amphiura borealis (Sars, 1871)
Amphiura bountyia Devaney, 1974
Amphiura carchara Clark, 1911
Amphiura cherbonnieri Guille, 1972
Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1845
Amphiura correcta Koehler, 1907
Amphiura crispa Mortensen, 1940
Amphiura crossota Murakami, 1943
Amphiura deficiens Koehler, 1922
Amphiura delamarei Cherbonnier, 1958
Amphiura denticulata Koehler
Amphiura diacritica Clark, 1938
Amphiura diastata (Mcclendon, 1909)
Amphiura digitula (Clark, 1911)
Amphiura diomedeae Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Amphiura divaricata Ljungman, 1867
Amphiura dolia Clark, 1938
Amphiura duncani Lyman, 1882
Amphiura ecnomiotata Clark, 1911
Amphiura eugeniae Ljungman, 1867
Amphiura fibulata Koehler, 1913
Amphiura filiformis (Müller, 1776)
Amphiura flexuosa Ljungman, 1867
Amphiura fragilis unspecified
Amphiura grandisquama Lyman, 1869
Amphiura griegi unspecified
Amphiura heptacantha (Mortensen, 1940)
Amphiura hexactis (Mortensen, 1940)
Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
Amphiura joubini Koehler, 1912
Amphiura lacazei Guille, 1976
Amphiura lanceolata Lyman, 1879
Amphiura lymani Studer, 1885
Amphiura mediterranea Lyman, 1882
Amphiura microplax Mortensen, 1936
Amphiura monorima Mortensen, 1936
Amphiura otteri unspecified
Amphiura palmeri Lyman, 1882
Amphiura phalerata (Lyman, 1874)
Amphiura polyacantha Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Amphiura praefecta Koehler, 1907
Amphiura proposita Koehler, 1922
Amphiura protecta Hertz, 1926
Amphiura psilopora unspecified
Amphiura pusilla Farquhar, 1897
Amphiura rathbuni Koehler, 1914
Amphiura remota O'Hara & Thuy, 2022
Amphiura rosea Farquhar, 1894
Amphiura securigera unspecified
Amphiura semiermis unspecified
Amphiura seminuda Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Amphiura serpentina Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Amphiura sinicola Matsumoto, 1941
Amphiura stimpsoni Lütken, 1859
Amphiura sundevalli unspecified
Amphiura tenuis (Clark, 1938)
Amphiura tomentosa Lyman, 1879
Amphiura vadicola Matsumoto, 1915
Amphiura velox Koehler, 1910
Diamphiodia craterodmeta unspecified
Dougaloplus acanthinus (Clark, 1911)
Dougaloplus amphacantha (McClendon, 1909)
Dougaloplus echinatus (Ljungman, 1867)
Dougaloplus gastracanthus (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
Microphiopholis geminata (LeConte, 1851)
Microphiopholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1952)
Microphiopholis platydisca (Nielsen, 1932)
Microphiopholis puntarenae (Lütken, 1856)
Micropholis atra (Stimpson)
Micropholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1852) Burrowing brittle star
Nullamphiura psilopora unspecified
Ophiocentrus anomalus Liao, 1983
Ophiocentrus aspera (Koehler, 1905)
Ophiocentrus dilatatus (Koehler, 1905)
Ophiocentrus inaequalis (Clark, 1915)
Ophiocentrus koehleri Gislén, 1926
Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén, 1926
Ophiocentrus putnami (Lyman, 1871)
Ophiocentrus verticillatus Döderlein, 1896
Ophiocnida cubana Clark, 1917
Ophiocnida hispida (Le Conte, 1851)
Ophiocnida scabriuscula (Lütken, 1859) Lobate brittle star
Ophionema intricata Lütken, 1869
Ophionephthys difficilis (Duncan, 1887)
Ophionephthys limicola Lütken, 1869
Ophiophragmus chilensis (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Ophiophragmus cubanus (Clark, 1917)
Ophiophragmus filograneus (Lyman, 1875)
Ophiophragmus luetkeni (Ljungman, 1871)
Ophiophragmus marginatus (Lütken, 1859)
Ophiophragmus moorei unspecified
Ophiophragmus ophiactoides Ziesenhenne, 1940
Ophiophragmus paucispinus Nielsen, 1932
Ophiophragmus pulcher Clark, 1918
Ophiophragmus septus (Lütken, 1859)
Ophiophragmus tabogensis Nielsen, 1932
Ophiophragmus wurdemanii (Lyman, 1860)
Ophiostigma isacanthum (Say, 1825)
Ophiostigma isocanthum (Say, 1825)
Ophiostigma rugosum Clark, 1918
Ophiostigma siva Hendler, 1995
Paracrocnida persica Mortensen, 1940
Paracrocnida sinensis (Clark, 1917)
Paramphichondrius tetradontus Guille & Wolff, 1984
Paramphicondrius tetradontus Guille & Wolff, 1984
Peracrocnida sinensis (Clark, 1917)
Triplodia abdita (Clark, 1970)
Back to Search
Back to top