Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Asteronyx Cooperi Bell, 1909 , Asteronyx dispar Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 , Asteronyx locardi Koehler, 1896 , Ophiuraster patersoni Litvinova, 1998 , Ophiuropsis lymani Studer, 1884, fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution: From Alaska to northern Baja California, Atlanta, gulf of California, off Panama, Colombia and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.