Primary references

• Ljungman, A. [1966] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL

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• Okanishi, M., O’Hara, T.D. & Fujita, T. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 392–399. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.003 Reference page. 

• Okanishi, M. & Fujita, T. 2013. Molecular phylogeny based on increased number of species and genes revealed more robust family-level systematics of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 566–580. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.021 Reference page. 
• Okanishi, M., Olbers, J.M. & Fujita, T., 2013. A taxonomic review of the genus Asteromorpha Lütken (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 461–480. Full article (PDF).

• O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Stöhr, S. & Martynov, A.V. 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 415–430. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 Reference page. 

• Okanishi, M., Fujita, T., Maekawa, Y. & Sasaki, T. 2017. Non-destructive morphological observations of the fleshy brittle star, Asteronyx loveni using micro-computed tomography (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida). ZooKeys 663: 1–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.663.11413 . Reference page. 

• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A.V. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page. 

Links

• Asteronychidae in the World Register of Marine Species