NARMS taxon details
Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867
123201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123201)
accepted
Family
Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type by original designation)
- Genus Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Genus Astrodia Verrill, 1899
- Genus Ophiuropsis Studer, 1884 accepted as Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123201 on 2025-06-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123201 on 2025-06-06
Date
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original description
Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. <em>Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 5(1), 1-86. [details]
status source O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006
page(s): 426 [details]
identification resource Downey, M.E. 1967. Astronebris tatafilius (Euryale: Asteronychidae), a new genus and species of ophiuroid from the Aleutians, with a revised key to the family Asteronychidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 80, 41-46., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34589376 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. <em>Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 5(1), 1-86. [details]
status source O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006
page(s): 426 [details]
identification resource Downey, M.E. 1967. Astronebris tatafilius (Euryale: Asteronychidae), a new genus and species of ophiuroid from the Aleutians, with a revised key to the family Asteronychidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 80, 41-46., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34589376 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
