Species
Amphipholis squamata (Dwarf brittle star)
Amphipholis squamata. Photo: (c) Jeff Goddard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Amphipholis squamata, common names brooding snake star and dwarf brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Amphiuridae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Class: Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars)
- Subclass: Myophiuroida
- Infraclass: Metophiurida
- Superorder: Ophintegrida
- Order: Amphilepidida (Amphilepididans)
- Suborder: Gnathophiurina
- Superfamily: Amphiuroidea
- Family: Amphiuridae (Long-armed burrowing brittle stars)
- Genus: Amphipholis
- Species: Amphipholis squamata (Dwarf brittle star)
- Genus: Amphipholis
- Family: Amphiuridae (Long-armed burrowing brittle stars)
- Superfamily: Amphiuroidea
- Suborder: Gnathophiurina
- Order: Amphilepidida (Amphilepididans)
- Superorder: Ophintegrida
- Infraclass: Metophiurida
- Subclass: Myophiuroida
- Class: Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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