Donna Pomeroy, USA
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Amphiodia akosmos Hendler & Bundrick, 2001
Amphiuridae,commonly known as long-armed burrowing brittle stars or burrowing brittle stars, are a large family of generally small brittle stars.
The colour of the smal Amphiodia akosmos is white to pale beige, with some disc scales and arm plates a contrasting gray or brown.This species lives under rocks burrowing in sandy bottom.
It is the only Amphiodia species known to bear live young.
Similar is juvenile Amphioda ocidentalis.
Amphiuridae,commonly known as long-armed burrowing brittle stars or burrowing brittle stars, are a large family of generally small brittle stars.
The colour of the smal Amphiodia akosmos is white to pale beige, with some disc scales and arm plates a contrasting gray or brown.This species lives under rocks burrowing in sandy bottom.
It is the only Amphiodia species known to bear live young.
Similar is juvenile Amphioda ocidentalis.
