Ophiomyxidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiomyxidae
Genera (6): Neoplax – Ophiarachna – Ophioconis – Ophiomyxa – Ophiostiba – Ophiurochaeta

Name

Ophiomyxidae Ljungman, 1867: 327

• Type genus: Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840, by subsequent monotypy.

Synonyms

• Ophiarachninae Matsumoto, 1915: 83

• Type genus: Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 168]
• Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page. 
• Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1–154. Preview.
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiarachninae p. 83–85 (original description)] [as Ophiomyxidae p. 46–47]
• 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.  [p. 15]
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiomyxidae p. 18]
• 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 65]