MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842

WoRMS taxon details

Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842

Asteronyx loveni J. Müller & Troschel, 1842

AphiaID

123578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123578)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867

Parent

Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Astronyx · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ophiuropsis Studer, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)

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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 reticulata Okanishi, Sentoku, Martynov & Fujita, 2018
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 (synonym)
Species Asteronyx dispar Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
Species Asteronyx excavata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Astrodia excavata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) (transferred to Astrodia by Döderlein (1927))
Species Asteronyx locardi Koehler, 1895 accepted as Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
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~~

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123578 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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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Nomenclature

original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

original description (of Ophiuropsis Studer, 1884) Studer, T. (1884). Verzeichnis der während der Reise S.M.S. “Gazelle” um die Erde, 1874-76 gesammelten Asteriden und Euryaliden. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2, 1-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30985642 [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]

Other

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]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]