Asteronychidae Verrill, 1899 
AphiaID: 123201

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Typetaxon		Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type by original designation)
Parent		Euryalida
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] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Swedish ribbormstjärnor  [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Genus Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842    » 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) Genus Astrodia Verrill, 1899    » Species Astrodia plana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) » Species Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884) » Species Astrodia bispinosa Koehler, 1922 accepted as Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884) Genus Astronebris Downey, 1967    » Species Astronebris tatafilius Downey, 1967 Genus Astronyx accepted as Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842    » Species Astronyx tenuispina Verrill, 1884 accepted as Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884) Genus Ophiuropsis Studer, 1884 accepted as Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842    » Species Ophiuropsis lymani Studer, 1884 accepted as Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842    » Subspecies Ophiuropsis lymani simplex Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900) » Species Ophiuropsis simplex Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900)
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123201
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-12 08:44:07Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2009-06-23 07:41:53Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-07-07 07:16:16Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asteronychidae. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123201 on 2013-06-19