Long-armed Brittle Stars - Family: Amphiuridae
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Amphioplus sp.
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Dwarf Brittle Star - Amphipholis squamata
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Genus: Amphiura > Subgenus: Amphiura (Amphiura)
Amphiura (Amphiura) constricta |
Amphiura (Amphiura) dolia
Ophiocentrus verticillatus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
> Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars)
> Class: Ophiuroidea(Sea Stars)
> Subclass: Myophiuroida
> Infraclass: Metophiurida
> Superorder: Ophintegrida
> Order: Amphilepidida (Amphilepididans)
> Suborder: Gnathophiurina
> Superfamily: Amphiuroidea
> Family: Amphiuridae (Long-armed Burrowing Brittle Stars)
> Genus: Amphioplus
> Species: ?
> Genus: Amphipholis
> Species: A. squamata - Dwarf Brittle Star
> Genus: Amphiura
> Subgenus: Amphiura (Amphiura)
> Species: A. (Amphiura) constricta
> Species: A. (Amphiura) dolia
> Genus: Ophiocentrus
> Species: O. verticillatus
^ = possibly
* = likely
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