Ophiomyxa

Ophiomyxa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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 Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiomyxidae
Genus: Ophiomyxa
Species (20 + †2): O. anisacantha – O. australis – O. bengalensis – O. brevicauda – O. brevirima – O. compacta – O. crinita – O. duskiensis – O. fisheri – O. flaccida – †O. jekeria – O. longipeda – O. neglecta – O. panamensis – O. pentagona – O. punctata – †O. rhipidata – O. serpentaria – O. stimpsonii – O. tenuispina – O. tumida – O. vivipara

Name

Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840

• Type species: Ophiura pentagona Lamarck, 1816, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Ophiodera Verrill, 1899

References

Primary references

• 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 108]

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Additional references

• Brock, J.G. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 47: 465–539. BHL Reference page.  [see page 530]
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 168]
• Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. III. Bidrag til kundskab om Ophiurerne ved Central-Amerikas Vestkyst. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854-56: 20-26. BHL Reference page.  [see page 21]
• Lyman, T. 1865. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. viii+200 pp.; pl. I–II; fig. 1–19. BHL Reference page.  [see page 177]
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page.  [see pages 65 and 67, as Ophiodera]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123631 on 2020-04-17

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