Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa)

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
Genus: Asteroporpa
Subgenus: Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa)
Species: A. (A.) annulata – A. (A.) australiensis – A. (A.) hadracantha – A. (A.) lindneri – A. (A.) pulchra

Name

Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) Örsted & Lütken in Lütken, 1856

References

• Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854–56: 1–19. BHL [In Danish] Reference page.  [original description of Asteroporpa p. 17]
• McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research: Wellington. 79 pp. ISBN 0-478-23215-2. PDF Reference page.  [as Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) p. 55]