Genus Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Asteronyx Desjardins, J. in Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [85, 119].
Type species:
Asteronyx lovéni Müller & Troschel, 1842 by monotypy. - Ophiuropsis Studer, T. 1884. Verzeichniss der während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–76 gesammelten Asteriden und Euryaliden. Abhandlungen der Akadamie der Wissenschaften Berlin 1884: 1-64 pls 1-5 [55].
Type species:
Ophiuropsis lymani Studer, 1884 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Baker, A.N. 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 11-83 figs 1-33 [16]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)
History of changes
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