Asteromorpha tenax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Euryalidae
Genus: Asteromorpha
Species: Asteromorpha tenax

Name

Asteromorpha tenax Baker, 1980

• ZooBank: 9CAB8DC7-7AA8-4B89-A960-A98AA34CA124

• Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Australia, Queensland, off Moreton Bay, 27.415205°S 153.33412°E / -27.415205; 153.33412.

• Holotype: QM:OtherInverts:G12061 [1].

Synonymy

• Asteromorpha tenax Baker, 1980: 70–72, figs. 26a, 32; — Okanishi, Olbers & Fujita, 2013: 476–479, figs. 13–15.

References

• 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., 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. 

Links

• Asteromorpha tenax Baker, 1980 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 15, 2026