Asteromorpha
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Euryalida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Euryalidae
Genus: Asteromorpha
Species (4):
A. capensis –
A. koehleri –
A. rousseaui –
A. tenax
Name
[edit]Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869
Type species: Asteromorpha steenstrupi Lütken, 1869 (type by original designation)
Note: Asteromorpha was synonymised to Asteroshema by Lyman (1872), and was restablished by Mortensen (1933).
Synonymy
[edit]- Ophiogelas Koehler, 1930
- Type species: Ophiogelas perplexum Koehler, 1930 (type by monotypy)
- Synonymised by Mortensen (1933)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Lütken, C.F. 1869. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Beskrivende og kritiske bidrag til kundskab om slangestjernerne. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109. BHL Reference page. [pages 42, 45]
- Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. Studies of Indo-Pacific Euryalids. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København. 96(2): 1-75. Reference page. [status + source of synonymy]
- 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. ResearchGate Internet Archive Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Baker, A.N. 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7(1): 11-83. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763 . Reference page.
- 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.
Links
[edit]- Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242445 on 2020-10-11