Asteronyx

Asteronyx loveni

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 (5): A. longifissus – A. loveni – A. luzonicus – A. lymani – A. niger – A. reticulata – † A. simplex – † A. spinulosa

Name

Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842

Type species: Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type by monotypy)

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 119, original description]

Additional references

• Lütken, C.F. 1869. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Beskrivende og kritiske bidrag til kundskab om slangestjernerne. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109. BHL Reference page.  [Page(s) 44, 45]
• 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]
• 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 105]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123578 on 2020-04-17

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