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ERMS taxon details

Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophiura pentagona Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Ophiomyxa pentagona (Lamarck, 1816) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Ophiomyxidae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Ophiodera Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted

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Species Ophiomyxa pentagona (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883

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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123631 on 2025-07-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123631 on 2025-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2007-10-02 09:36:08Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-26 07:24:59Z

changed

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 RoR) [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]