Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Euryalida > Family Asteronychidae > Genus Asteronyx

Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asteronyx*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	accepted genus name
*Ophiuropsis*	Studer, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Asteronyx Cooperi*	Bell, 1909	synonym
*Asteronyx dispar*	Lütken & Mortensen, 1899	synonym
*Asteronyx locardi*	Koehler, 1895	synonym
*Ophiuropsis lymani*	Studer, 1884	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: piprensarormstjärna

Literature

original description	Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig
basis of record	Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp.
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	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	Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2012). Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2012). World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124951