WoRMS taxon details
Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840
123631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123631)
accepted
Genus
Ophiura pentagona Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Ophiomyxa pentagona (Lamarck, 1816) (type by monotypy)
Ophiodera Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted
- Species Ophiomyxa anisacantha H.L. Clark, 1911
- Species Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiomyxa bengalensis Koehler, 1897
- Species Ophiomyxa brevicauda Verrill, 1899
- Species Ophiomyxa brevirima H.L. Clark, 1915
- Species Ophiomyxa compacta (Koehler, 1905)
- Species Ophiomyxa crinita Franklin & O'Hara, 2008
- Species Ophiomyxa duskiensis Fell, 1947
- Species Ophiomyxa fisheri A.H. Clark, 1949
- Species Ophiomyxa flaccida (Say, 1825)
- Species Ophiomyxa jekerica (Berry, 1938) †
- Species Ophiomyxa longipeda Brock, 1888
- Species Ophiomyxa neglecta (Koehler, 1904)
- Species Ophiomyxa panamensis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
- Species Ophiomyxa pentagona (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Ophiomyxa punctata (A.H. Clark, 1952)
- Species Ophiomyxa rhipidata Kutscher & Jagt, 2000 †
- Species Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883
- Species Ophiomyxa stimpsonii (Lyman, 1875)
- Species Ophiomyxa tenuispina Mortensen, 1933
- Species Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883
- Species Ophiomyxa vivipara Studer, 1876
- Species Ophiomyxa xispa Ordines, Calero & Ramírez-Amaro in: Ordines, Ramirez-Amaro, Calero, Farriols & Massuti, 2024
- Species Ophiomyxa brevipina von Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869 (misspelling)
- Species Ophiomyxa brevispina v. Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiomyxa capensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiomyxa vivipara capensis Mortensen, 1936
- Species Ophiomyxa caribaea Lütken, 1856 accepted as Ophiomyxa flaccida (Say, 1825) (synonymized by Verrill (1899))
- Species Ophiomyxa coppingeri (Bell, 1881) accepted as Ophiomyxa vivipara Studer, 1876 (synonym)
- Species Ophiomyxa curvata Kutscher & Jagt, 2000 † accepted as Manfredura curvata (Kutscher & Jagt, 2000) †
- Species Ophiomyxa irregularis Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiomyxa lubrica Forbes, 1843 accepted as Ophiomyxa pentagona (Lamarck, 1816) (decsision by editor)
- Species Ophiomyxa robillardi de Loriol, 1893 accepted as Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6(1): 326-330., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203204#page/335/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123631 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6(1): 326-330., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203204#page/335/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
