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Amphiura
Amphiura is a large genus of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) found in oceans worldwide, from tropics to Arctic and Antarctic regions.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
equal-tailed brittlestar
speciesAmphiura capensis
Amphiura constricta
speciesAmphiura constricta
Amphiura ptena
speciesAmphiura ptena
Amphiura pusilla
speciesAmphiura pusilla
Amphiura elandiformis
speciesAmphiura elandiformis
Amphiura velox
speciesAmphiura velox
Amphiura amokurae
speciesAmphiura amokurae
Amphiura diomedeae
speciesAmphiura diomedeae
Amphiura correcta
speciesAmphiura correcta
Amphiura acutisquama
speciesAmphiura acutisquama
Amphiura albella
speciesAmphiura albella
Amphiura angularis
speciesAmphiura angularis
Amphiura atlantica
speciesAmphiura atlantica
Amphiura incana
speciesAmphiura incana
Amphiura linearis
speciesAmphiura linearis
Amphiura simonsi
speciesAmphiura simonsi
Amphiura maxima
speciesAmphiura maxima
Amphiura rosea
speciesAmphiura rosea
Amphiura lymani
speciesAmphiura lymani
Amphiura candida
speciesAmphiura candida
Amphiura magellanica
speciesAmphiura magellanica
Amphiura perplexus
speciesAmphiura perplexus
Amphiura tutanekai
speciesAmphiura tutanekai
Amphiura clausadae
speciesAmphiura clausadae
Amphiura corona
speciesAmphiura corona
Amphiura madecassae
speciesAmphiura madecassae
Amphiura plantei
speciesAmphiura plantei
Amphiura dejectoides
speciesAmphiura dejectoides
Amphiura dawbini
speciesAmphiura dawbini
Amphiura heraldica
speciesAmphiura heraldica
Amphiura acrisia
speciesAmphiura acrisia
Amphiura bidentata
speciesAmphiura bidentata
Amphiura brachyactis
speciesAmphiura brachyactis
Amphiura catephes
speciesAmphiura catephes
Amphiura diacritica
speciesAmphiura diacritica
Amphiura dolia
speciesAmphiura dolia
Amphiura leucaspis
speciesAmphiura leucaspis
Amphiura magnisquama
speciesAmphiura magnisquama
Amphiura micra
speciesAmphiura micra
Amphiura multiremula
speciesAmphiura multiremula
Amphiura nannodes
speciesAmphiura nannodes
Amphiura stictacantha
speciesAmphiura stictacantha
Amphiura euopla
speciesAmphiura euopla
Amphiura psilopora
speciesAmphiura psilopora
Amphiura trachydisca
speciesAmphiura trachydisca
Amphiura microsoma
speciesAmphiura microsoma
Amphiura septemspinosa
speciesAmphiura septemspinosa
Amphiura alba
speciesAmphiura alba
Amphiura hinemoae
speciesAmphiura hinemoae
Amphiura annulifera
speciesAmphiura annulifera
Amphiura spinipes
speciesAmphiura spinipes
Amphiura trisacantha
speciesAmphiura trisacantha
Amphiura poecila
speciesAmphiura poecila
Amphiura abbreviata
speciesAmphiura abbreviata
Amphiura ambigua
speciesAmphiura ambigua
Amphiura praefecta
speciesAmphiura praefecta
Amphiura lorioli
speciesAmphiura lorioli
Amphiura aster
speciesAmphiura aster
Amphiura lanceolata
speciesAmphiura lanceolata
Amphiura callida
speciesAmphiura callida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Amphiura in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1297101.