World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840

AphiaID

123631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123631)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophiomyxidae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Ophiodera Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted

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Species Ophiomyxa anisacantha H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869
Species Ophiomyxa bengalensis Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiomyxa fisheri A.H. Clark, 1949
Species Ophiomyxa flaccida (Say, 1825)
Species Ophiomyxa neglecta (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiomyxa pentagona (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883
Species Ophiomyxa stimpsonii (Lyman, 1875)
Species Ophiomyxa tumida Lyman, 1883
Species Ophiomyxa brevispina v. Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869
Species Ophiomyxa irregularis Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 326-330., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203204#page/335/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123631 on 2026-01-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123631 on 2026-01-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2007-10-02 09:36:08Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-26 07:24:59Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 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, 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]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]