Amphicutis stygobita with gonads; all specimens with dd = 3-4 mm A specimen #1 with 5 gonads, madreporite (M) at clock position (CP) 11, 8 August 2018 B specimen #4 with 5 gonads, madreporite at CP 12, 30 July 2018 C specimen #5 with 5–7 gonads, madreporite at CP 6, 7 August 2018 D specimen #6 with 5–7 gonads, madreporite at CP 1, 30 July 2018 E specimen #7 with no discernible gonads, madreporite at CP 3, 24 July 2018 F 40 × light microscope view of horizontal section showing testis at pointer, ovary with 4 embryos (1, 2, 3, 4) near podium. Abbreviations: M – madreporite, P – podium, T – testis.

 
 
  Part of: Carpenter JH (2025) Amphicutis stygobita (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Amphilepididae), a brooding brittle star from anchialine caves in The Bahamas: feeding, reproduction, morphology, paedomorphisms and troglomorphisms. Subterranean Biology 51: 147-196. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.51.152663