Amphiura callida

Taxobox
name = "Amphiura callida"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
subphylum = Eleutherozoa
classis = Ophiuroidea
ordo = Ophiurida
subordo = Gnathophiurina
familia = Amphiuridae
genus = "Amphiura"
species = "A. callida"
binomial = "Amphiura callida"
binomial_authority = Albuquerque, Campos-Creasey & Guille, 2001

"Amphiura callida" is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Amphiuridae. It is only known from the continental shelf off the coast of Cabo Frio, southeastern Brazil (depth 50 m).

This is a rather robust brittle star with a disc diameter of up to 10 mm and an arm length of up to 45 mm. It can be distinguished from its congeners from the leaf-like shape of the distal oral papillae and the presence of groups of two to seven spines along the entire length of the arm.

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z01n3a13.pdf |title=Two new species of Amphiuridae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the southeastern coast of Brazil |journal=Zoosystema |volume=23(3) |year=2001 |author=Maria da Natividade ALBUQUERQUE, Lúcia S. CAMPOS-CREASEY & Alain GUILLE |pages=591-604