Amphiodia planispina (v. Martens 1867)

This species is reported to have been collected off the Caribbean coast of Panama (see Alvarado et al. 2008).

Martens von, E. (1867). Über vier neue Schlangensterne (Ophiuren) des Kgl. zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1867, 345-348.

Alvarado, J.J., F.A. Solis-Marin & C. Ahearn. (2008). Equinodermos (Echinodermata) del Caribe Centroamericano. Rev.Biol.Trop. 56 (Suppl. 3): 37-55.

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.

World Ophiuroidea Database

LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242671

Amphiura planispina von Martens, 1867
Diamphiodia planispina (von Martens, 1867)

Disk circular (dd= 4.46 to 5.80 mm). Covered by numerous small and imbricating scales (Fig. 4a). Radial shields slightly longer than wide, with external margin convex and internal margin straight, united except at proximal ends, where one or two small triangular and elongate scales separate them (Fig. 4a). Ventral interradius covered by scales slightly smaller than dorsal scales (Fig. 4b). Bursal slits narrow. Oral shields arrow-shaped (Fig. 4c). Madreporite with one or two pores at distal margin. Adoral shields narrow and enlarged laterally. Two oral papillae at each side of jaw angle, distal one longer and broader (Fig. 4c). Infradental papillae small. Dorsal arm plate broader than long, rectangular (Fig. 4d). Ventral arm plate pentagonal, wider than long, with a slight notch in distal margin. Three arm spines enlarged, compressed and blunt, the ventral one being the longest (Fig. 4e). Two small, perpendicular, tentacle scales.

Florida, the islands off southern Florida, the Antilles, Panama Brazil, and off Mar del Plata, Argentina (Tommasi 1970, Bernasconi and D’Agostino 1977, Hendler et al. 1995, Alvarado et al. 2008). In Brazil from Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba (Albuquerque 1986), Bahia (Thomas 1962, Magalhães et al. 2005), Espírito Santo (Albuquerque and Guile 1991), Rio de Janeiro (Von Martens 1867, type locality) and São Paulo (Tommasi 1970). Depth 0-300 m. In the present study collected between 11 and 27m.