Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophioscolecida > Family Ophioscolecidae

Ophiambix Lyman, 1880

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ophiambix devaneyi Paterson, 1985
Ophiambix meteoris Bartsch, 1983

Literature

original description	Lyman, T. (1880). A structural feature hitherto unknown among echinodermata found in deep-sea ophiurans. Anniversary Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. 1880, 1-12 pls 1-2.
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.
taxonomy source	Seid, Charlotte A.; Hiley, A. S.; McCowin, M. F.; Carvajal, J. I.; Cha, H.; Ahyong, S. T.; Ashford, O. S.; Breedy, O.; Eernisse, D. J.; Goffredi, S. K.; Hendrickx, M. E.; Kocot, K. M.; Mah, C. L.; Miller, A. K.; Mongiardino Koch, N.; Mooi, R.; O'Hara, T. D.; Pleijel, F.; Stiller, J.; Tilic, E.; Valentich-Scott, P.; Warén, A.; Wicksten, M. K.; Wilson, N. G.; Cordes, E. E.; Levin, L. A.; Cortés, J.; Rouse, G. W. (2025). A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. ZooKeys. 1222: 1-250.
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. Ophiambix Lyman, 1880. 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:123588