Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Amphilepidida > Suborder Gnathophiurina > Superfamily Amphiuroidea

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acrocnida Gislén, 1926
Amphichondrius Nielsen, 1932
Amphioplus Verrill, 1899
Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866
Amphiura Forbes, 1843
Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867
Ophiocnida Lyman, 1865
Ophiophragmus Lyman, 1865
Ophiostigma Lütken, 1856
Paramphiura Koehler, 1895
Silax Fell, 1962

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スナクモヒトデ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: trådormstjärnor

Literature

original description	Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23(9): 303-336.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
identification resource	Clark, A. M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.). 19(1): 1-81.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123206