Asteronyx lymani

Asteronyx lymani, figs. 4a-e.

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: Asteronyx lymani

Name

Asteronyx lymani Verrill, 1899

Note: original spelling is Astronyx lymani [mispelling of genus name]

Type locality: Bahama Expedition: station 16, off Havana, 200 fms.

Holotype: YPM IZ 007689.EC [see Downey, 1969]

References

Primary references

• 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 page 74, plate VIII, figs. 4a-e.]

Additional references

• Döderlein, L. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der math. phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften II, Suppl. 5: 1-123. BHL Reference page.  [Page 116]
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page.  [Page 42]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteronyx lymani Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243099 on 2020-10-07

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