Asteronyx loveni

Asteronyx loveni, aboral view.

Asteronyx loveni, oral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Asteronychidae
Genus: Asteronyx
Species: Asteronyx loveni

Name

Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842

Synonymy

• Asteronyx cooperi Bell, 1909
• Asteronyx dispar Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
• Asteronyx locardi Koehler, 1895
• Ophiuraster patersoni Litvinova, 1998
• Ophiuropsis lymani Studer, 1884

References

• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page.  [as Asteronyx loveni p. 73–74]
• Cherbonnier, G., Sibuet, M. 1972. Résultats scientifiques de la campagne Noratlante : Astérides et Ophiurides. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série - Zoologie. 102(76): 1333–1394. BHL Reference page.  [as Asteronyx loveni p. 1364]
• Döderlein, L. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der math. phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften II, Suppl. 5: 1-123. BHL Reference page.  [Page 115]
• Manso, C.L.C. 2010. Deep-water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from off Chile in the Eastern South Pacific. Biota neotropica. 10(2): 185–199. DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032010000200023 Reference page. 
• May, R.M. 1924. The Ophiurans of Monterey Bay. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. 13(18): 261-303. BHL Reference page.  [Page 269]
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1912. Uber Asterony loveni M. Tr.. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 101: 264-290, plates XIV-XVIII. BHL
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 119, original description of Asteronyx loveni]
• Nethupul, H., Stöhr, S. & Zhang, H-B. 2022. New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach. European Journal of Taxonomy. 810(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.810.1723 Reference page.  [as Asteronyx loveni p. 11–12]
• Norman, A.M. 1865. On the Genera and Species of British Echinodermata. Part I. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Ser. 3, 15(86): 98–129. BHL Reference page.  [Page 106]
• Okanishi, M., Fujita, T., Maekawa, Y. & Sasaki, T. 2017. Non-destructive morphological observations of the fleshy brittle star, Asteronyx loveni using micro-computed tomography (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida). ZooKeys 663: 1–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.663.11413. Reference page. 

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