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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms
  4. Brittle Stars
  5. Amphilepididans
  6. Amphiuroidea
  7. Long-armed Burrowing Brittle Stars

family

Long-armed Burrowing Brittle Stars

Amphiuridae

Includes
9 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Amphiodia 4 native
  • Microphiopholis 1 native
  • Ophiophragmus 1 native
  • Amphiura 1 native
  • Amphipholis 1 native
  • Ophionephthys
  • Amphioplus

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native long-armed burrowing brittle stars All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Dwarf Brittle Star Amphipholis squamata 3,057 observations
  • Long-armed Brittle Star Amphiodia occidentalis 830 observations
  • Ophiophragmus filograneus 11 observations

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