Amphipholis
''Amphipholis'' is a large genus of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) found in oceans worldwide from tropics to Arctic and Antarctic regions. Some species have been used to study echinoderm development (''Amphipholis kochii'') and bioluminescence (the Dwarf brittle star, ''Amphipholis squamata''). Systematics ''Amphipholis'' is a large genus with potentially many cryptic species. The high variability may be due to common parthenogenetic reproduction. The type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ... of the genus is ''Amphipholis januarii '' Ljungman, 1866(=''Amphipholis gracillima'' (Stimpson, 1852)). Species include: References Amphiuridae {{ophiuroidea-stub ...
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