Ophiambix meteoris

Familia: Abyssuridae
Genus: Ophiambix
Species: Ophiambix meteoris

Ophiambix meteoris Bartsch, 1983

• ZooBank: D4FE740F-3415-4C96-B8CF-26DFF452D16A

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Iberian Basin, off Spain, 42°49′48″N 14°14′00″W / 42.830000°N 14.233333°W / 42.830000; -14.233333, depth 5315 m.

• Holotype: ZSM 543/1.

• Paratypes: ZSM.

• Ophiambix meteoris Bartsch, 1983: 97-99, figs. 1–8; — Paterson, 1985: 142, figs. 54, 57e–f; — Paterson & Baker, 1988: 1584, figs. 1d–f, 2f, 4; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 202; — Martynov & Korshunova, 2025: figs. 3D1–2.

• Bartsch, I. 1983. Ophiambix meteoris n.sp. , ein neuer Schlangenstern aus der Iberischen Tiefsee (Ophiacanthidae, Ophiuroidea). Spixiana 6(2): 97–100. BHL. Reference page. 
• Martynov, A.V. & Korshunova T.A. 2025. The Enigmatic Hadal Ophiuroid Has Found Its Place: A New Family Abyssuridae Links Ultra-Abyssal and Shallow-Water Fauna. Diversity 17(12): 1–17. DOI: 10.3390/d17120827 . Reference page. 
• 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. BHL Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. & Baker, A.N. 1988. A revision of the genus Ophiambix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) including the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 22(6): 1579–1590. DOI: 10.1080/00222938800770991 Reference page. 
• Smirnov, I.S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C., Juterzenka, K.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. 11(1): 192–209. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 Reference page. 

• Ophiambix meteoris Bartsch, 1983 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on December 25, 2025

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