Subgenus Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) Müller & Troschel, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiothrix Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1): 326-330 [328].

  Type species:

   Ophiura rosula Fleming, 1828 by subsequent designation, see Lyman, T. 1865. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1: 1-200 pls 1-2 [153].
• Ophionyx Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1): 326-330 [329].

  Type species:

   Ophionyx armata Müller & Troschel, 1840 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Spencer, W.K. & Wright, C.W. 1966. Asterozoans. pp. U4-U107 figs 1-89 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 1. [U102]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

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