Amphicutis stygobita Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011 
AphiaID: 591203

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphilepididae (Family) > Amphicutis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Amphicutis Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011
Parent		Amphicutis Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011
Source		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. Zootaxa 3133: 50-68. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish
Distribution		type locality: Bahamas [details]
Specimens		Holotype: USNM 1164447 [details] Paratype: USNM 1164451 [details] Paratype: USNM 1164452 [details] Paratype: USNM 1164453 [details] Paratype: USNM 1164454 [details]
Note		Biology: To date this is the only known cave-dwelling (stygobitic) ophiuroid. Its morphology is strongly paedomorphic. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591203
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-12-20 10:32:59Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Amphicutis stygobita Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591203 on 2013-05-21