Silax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea

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: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina Superfamilia: Amphiuroidea

Familia: Amphiuridae
Genus: Silax
Species: S. abditus – S. cernuus – S. consors – S. daleus – S. magnificus – S. patulus – S. verrilli

Name

Silax Fell, 1962

Type species: Amphiura verrilli Lyman, 1879, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Silax Fell, 1962: 16; — Stöhr & O’Hara, 2021: 524.
• Triodia A.M. Clark, 1970: 67.
  • Type species: Triodia abdita A.M. Clark, 1970, by original designation.
  • Junior homonym of Triodia Hübner, 1820, replaced by Triplodia Turner & Hallan, 2011
• Triplodia Turner & Hallan, 2011
  • Type species: Triodia abdita A.M. Clark, 1970, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Stöhr & O’Hara (2021: 524).

References

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 19(1): 1-81. BHL Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1962a. A Revision of the Major Genera of Amphiurid Ophiuroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 2(1): 1–26. Online. Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2021. Deep-sea Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Danish Galathea II Expedition, 1950–52, with taxonomic revisions. Zootaxa 4963(3): 505–529. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.6 Reference page. 
• Turner, R.L. & Hallan, J.K. 2011. Triplodia, replacement name for Triodia A. M. Clark, 1970 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae), non Hübner, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 124(1): 7–8. DOI: 10.2988/09-32.1 . Reference page.