Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Amphilepidida > Suborder Gnathophiurina > Superfamily Amphiuroidea > Family Amphiuridae

Silax Fell, 1962

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Silax daleus (Lyman, 1879)
Silax verrilli (Lyman, 1879)

Literature

original description	Fell, H. B. (1962). A revision of the major genera of amphiurid Ophiuroidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 2, 1-26, 1pl.
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	Clark, A. M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.). 19(1): 1-81.
source of synonymy	Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162.
status source	Stöhr, S.; O'Hara, T. D. (2021). Deep-sea Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Danish Galathea II Expedition, 1950–52, with taxonomic revisions. Zootaxa. 4963(3): 505-529.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Silax Fell, 1962. 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:123618