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Amphiuroidea

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida

Taxonomy
Amphiuroidea was named by Ljungman (1867). It is extant. Its type is Amphiura.

It was assigned to Gnathophiurina by O'Hara et al. (2017), O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Amphiuroidea Ljungman
2017Amphiuridea O'Hara et al.
2018Amphiuroidea O'Hara et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderGnathophiurina()
superfamilyAmphiuroidea
superfamilyAmphiuroidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Amphiuroidea Ljungman 1867
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Fm. Amphiuridae Ljungman 1867
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G. Amphioplus Verrill 1899
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Amphioplus uchigoensis Ishida 1992
G. Amphiura Forbes 1843
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Amphiura cretacea Spencer 1907
Amphiura lymani Waring 1917
Amphiura plana Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Amphiura sanctaecrucis Arnold 1908
G. †Bibophiura Bignot et al. 1987
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Bibophiura operculifera Bignot et al. 1987
G. †Deckersamphiura Jagt 2000
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Deckersamphiura vitea Jagt 2001
G. Nullamphiura Fell 1962
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Nullamphiura felli Skwarko 1963
G. Ophiocnida Lyman 1865
G. †Xanthamphiura Hess 1970
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Invalid names: Amphiurinae Matsumoto 1915 [empty], Ophiactininae Matsumoto 1915 [empty]
Invalid names: Amphilepididae Matsumoto 1915 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available