Ophiambix

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthida
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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida

Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: Ophiambix
Species: O. aculeatus – O. devaneyi – O. epicopus – O. kagutsuchi – O. macrodonta – O. meteoris

Ophiambix Lyman, 1880

Type species: Ophiambix aculeatus Lyman, 1880 (by monotypy)

Lyman, T. 1880. A structural feature, hitherto unknown among Echinodermata, found in deep-sea ophiurans. Anniversary memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1-12. BHL Reference page. [original description of Ophiambix p. 11]
Paterson, G.L.J., Baker, A.N. 1988. A revision of the genus Ophiambix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) including the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History. 22(6): 1579–1590. DOI: 10.1080/00222938800770991 Reference page.