Amphiura callida

Amphiura callida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiurida
Suborder:	Gnathophiurina
Family:	Amphiuridae
Genus:	Amphiura
Species:	A. callida
Binomial name
Amphiura callida 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

• Maria da Natividade ALBUQUERQUE, Lúcia S. CAMPOS-CREASEY & Alain GUILLE (2001). "Two new species of Amphiuridae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the southeastern coast of Brazil" (PDF). Zoosystema. 23 (3): 591–604.