WoRMS taxon details

Amphicutis stygobita Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011

591203  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591203)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Amphilepidida incertae sedis (Family)
  11. Amphicutis (Genus)
  12. Amphicutis stygobita (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pomory, C. M.; Carpenter, J. H.; Winter, J. H. (2011). Amphicutis stygobita, a new genus and new species of brittle star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida: Amphilepididae) found in Bernier Cave, an anchialine cave on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3133: 50-68. [details]   
Holotype  USNM 1164447  
Holotype USNM 1164447 [details]
, Type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphicutis stygobita Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591203 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
2011-12-20 10:32:59Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Pomory, C. M.; Carpenter, J. H.; Winter, J. H. (2011). Amphicutis stygobita, a new genus and new species of brittle star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida: Amphilepididae) found in Bernier Cave, an anchialine cave on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3133: 50-68. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 1164447 [details]
Paratype USNM 1164451 [details]
Paratype USNM 1164452 [details]
Paratype USNM 1164453 [details]
Paratype USNM 1164454 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology To date this is the only known cave-dwelling (stygobitic) ophiuroid. Its morphology is strongly paedomorphic. [details]

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