Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Euryophiurida > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiomusina > Family Ophiosphalmidae

Ophiomusium Lyman, 1869

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description	Lyman, T. (1869). Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and Florida Reef. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 309-354.
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.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
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.
taxonomy source	O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416).

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusium Lyman, 1869. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123566