Astrocladus

Astrocladus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Gorgonocephalidae
Subfamilia: Gorgonocephalinae
Genus: Astrocladus
Species (12): A. africanus – A. annulatus – A. coniferus – A. dofleini – A. euryale – A. exiguus – A. goodingi – A. hirtus – A. ludwigi – A. pardalis – A. socotrana – A. tonganus

Name

Astrocladus Verrill, 1899

• Type species: Euryale verrucosum Lamarck, 1816 (type by original designation)

References

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1899. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page.  [see page 369, original description]

Additional references

• Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms: i-vii, 1-238, pls 1-31. London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). PDF Reference page.  [see page 92]
• Okanishi, M., Kohtsuka, H., Fujita, T. 2020. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrocladus (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida, Gorgonocephalidae) from Japanese coastal waters. PeerJ. 8:e9836. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9836 Reference page. 

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrocladus Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205329 on 2020-04-22

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