Amphiodia, Verrill, 1899

Fatemi, Yaser & Stöhr, Sabine, 2019, Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records, Zootaxa 4711 (1), pp. 77-106 : 98

Amphiodia sp.

Habitat: sediment, subtidal ( Attaran-Fariman & Beygmoradi 2016).

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: Tis (16) (ibid.).

Indian Ocean: n/a

Remarks: As discussed below, the specimens erroneously reported as Amphipholis squamata by Attaran-Fariman & Beygmoradi (2016) belong in the genus Amphiodia instead. The specimen figured by them has a fully scaled disc, as is found in A. microplax , with a sharp edge that possibly bears spiny processes that are typical for A. microplax and A. obtecta ( Stöhr et al. 2010) . However, the figures are not detailed enough to allow assignment of the specimen to a species.