Ophiambix
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Ophioscolecida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Abyssuridae
Genus: Ophiambix
Species:
O. aculeatus –
O. devaneyi –
O. epicopus –
O. kagutsuchi –
O. macrodonta –
O. meteoris
Name
[edit]Ophiambix Lyman, 1880
- ZooBank: 9EA50840-5669-46B4-91B3-7A32CDA42EE6
- Type species: Ophiambix aculeatus Lyman, 1880, by monotypy.
Synonymy
[edit]- Ophiambix Lyman, 1880: 11; — Paterson & Baker, 1988: 1579–1583; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 16; — Martynov & Korshunova, 2025: 8.
References
[edit]- Lyman, T. 1880. A structural feature, hitherto unknown among Echinodermata, found in deep-sea ophiurans. Anniversary memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1-12. BHL Reference page.
- Martynov, A.V. & Korshunova T.A. 2025. The Enigmatic Hadal Ophiuroid Has Found Its Place: A New Family Abyssuridae Links Ultra-Abyssal and Shallow-Water Fauna. Diversity 17(12): 1–17. DOI: 10.3390/d17120827
. Reference page. - O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416
Reference page. - Paterson, G.L.J. & Baker, A.N. 1988. A revision of the genus Ophiambix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) including the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 22(6): 1579–1590. DOI: 10.1080/00222938800770991
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Ophiambix Lyman, 1880 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on December 18, 2025