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Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 123578

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Asteronychidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type by monotypy)
Typetaxon of  Asteronychidae Verrill, 1899
Parent Asteronychidae Verrill, 1899
Synonymised
taxa		  Astronyx (misspelling)
 Ophiuropsis Studer, 1884 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Asteronyx excavata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Asteronyx longifissus Döderlein, 1927
Species Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Asteronyx luzonicus Döderlein, 1927
Species Asteronyx lymani Verrill, 1899
Species Asteronyx niger Djakonov, 1954

Species Asteronyx banzarei Madsen, 1967 accepted as Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884)
Species Asteronyx bispinosa Koehler, 1922 accepted as Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884)
Species Asteronyx Cooperi Bell, 1909 accepted as Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Asteronyx dispar Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Asteronyx locardi Koehler, 1895 accepted as Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Asteronyx plana Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Astrodia plana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
Species Asteronyx tenuispina Verrill, 1884 accepted as Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Remark: Type species: Asteronyx loveni Müller & troschel, 1842 (as Asteronyx lovéni) by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Images 
Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842
[image from typetaxon]
Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-08-31 14:18:44

Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842
[image from typetaxon]
Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-08-31 14:18:58

Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842
[image from typetaxon]
Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-08-31 14:19:07
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123578
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-26 07:24:59Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2011-07-07 07:16:16Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asteronyx. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123578 on 2013-06-18
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