Ophiuroidea taxon details

Silax patulus (Lyman, 1879)

1507522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1507522)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Amphiuroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Amphiuridae (Family)
  13. Silax (Genus)
  14. Silax patulus (Species)
accepted
Species
Silax Fell, 1962
Amphioplus (Unioplus) patulus (Lyman, 1879) · unaccepted (transferred to Silax by Stöhr &...)  
transferred to Silax by Stöhr & O'Hara (2021)
Amphioplus patulus (Lyman, 1879) · alternative representation
Ophiactis patula (Lyman, 1879) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Silax patulus (Lyman, 1879). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1507522 on 2026-08-14
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2021-04-26 16:07:28Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 
Syntype (of Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879) MCZ OPH-1475 [details]
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To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1475) (from synonym Amphiura patula Lyman, 1879)

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