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		[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 [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 [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 Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=123578 on 2013-05-20