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Long-armed Burrowing Brittle Stars
Amphiuridae
Amphiuridae (commonly called long-armed burrowing brittle stars or burrowing brittle stars) are a large family of brittle stars of the suborder Gnathophiurina. Some species are used to study echinoderm development (e.g. Amphipholis kochii and Amphioplus abditus) and bioluminescence (the dwarf brittle star, Amphipholis squamata).
26 branches of this family, most-observed first
Amphipholis
genusAmphipholis
Amphiodia
genusAmphiodia
Amphiura
genusAmphiura
Acrocnida
genusAcrocnida
Ophiophragmus
genusOphiophragmus
Amphioplus
genusAmphioplus
Ophiocentrus
genusOphiocentrus
Ophionephthys
genusOphionephthys
Ophiocnida
genusOphiocnida
Microphiopholis
genusMicrophiopholis
Dougaloplus
genusDougaloplus
Amphichondrius
genusAmphichondrius
Amphicontus
genusAmphicontus
Ophiostigma
genusOphiostigma
Ophiodaphne
genusOphiodaphne
Ophiosphaera
genusOphiosphaera
Paramphiura
genusParamphiura
Amphioncus
genusAmphioncus
Nudamphiura
genusNudamphiura
Nannophiura
genusNannophiura
Amphistigma
genusAmphistigma
Amphiomya
genusAmphiomya
Amphipholizona
genusAmphipholizona
Silax
genusSilax
Paramphichondrius
genusParamphichondrius
Paracrocnida
genusParacrocnida
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 Amphiuridae 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 55179.