Family AMPHIURIDAE
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
2001 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
1995 - F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Introduction
The Amphiuridae are a large cosmopolitan family containing 34 genera and 467 species. Ten genera and 66 species are recorded in the Australian fauna.
Amphiurids are distinguished from other families in the Ophiurida by the following combination of character states: disc covered by fine imbricating scales with or without minute spines; arms inserted ventrally in disc; arm spines conical and stout, usually not depressed; pair of infradental papillae present below the lowest tooth at apex of each jaw; lowest tooth usually wide and square; oral papillae few (one–four) on each oral plate.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19(1): 1-81, figs 1-11
Fell, H.B. 1960. Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 26: 1-44 6 figs
Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 49(1): 1-162, figs 1-59
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |