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Amphiura  Forbes, 1842
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157722

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassOphiuroidea Gray, 1840 – basket stars, brittlestars, snake stars, ofiúro, serpente do mar, ophiures, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, snake stars  
                   OrderOphiurida Müller and Troschel, 1840 – basket stars, serpent stars, basket stars, serpent stars  
                      SuborderGnathophiurina Matsumoto, 1915  
                         FamilyAmphiuridae Ljungman, 1867  
                            GenusAmphiura Forbes, 1842  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesAmphiura abyssorum   
                               SpeciesAmphiura acrystata H. L. Clark, 1911  
                               SpeciesAmphiura borealis (G. O. Sars, 1871)  
                               SpeciesAmphiura carchara H. L. Clark, 1911  
                               SpeciesAmphiura chiajei   
                               SpeciesAmphiura denticulata Koehler  
                               SpeciesAmphiura diastata (Mcclendon, 1909)  
                               SpeciesAmphiura diomedeae Lütken and Mortensen, 1899  
                               SpeciesAmphiura fibulata Koehler, 1913  
                               SpeciesAmphiura filiformis   
                               SpeciesAmphiura fragilis   
                               SpeciesAmphiura grandisquama   
                               SpeciesAmphiura griegi   
                               SpeciesAmphiura incana Lyman, 1879  
                               SpeciesAmphiura otteri   
                               SpeciesAmphiura palmeri Lyman, 1882  
                               SpeciesAmphiura polyacantha Lütken and Mortensen, 1899  
                               SpeciesAmphiura psilopora   
                               SpeciesAmphiura securigera   
                               SpeciesAmphiura semiermis   
                               SpeciesAmphiura seminuda Lütken and Mortensen, 1899  
                               SpeciesAmphiura serpentina Lütken and Mortensen, 1899  
                               SpeciesAmphiura stimpsoni Lütken, 1859  
                               SpeciesAmphiura sundevalli   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Amphiura   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca   
  Publication Date: 2002   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
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  Reference for: Amphiura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fell, H. Barraclough   
  Publication Date: 1960   
  Article/Chapter Title: Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington, no. 26   
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