Asteroporpa indicus

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: Gorgonocephalidae
Genus: Asteroporpa
Subgenus: Asteroporpa (Astrohelix)
Species: Asteroporpa (Astrohelix) indicus

Name

Asteroporpa indicus Baker, 1980

• ZooBank: E15D7509-52B2-44CD-8F78-EEEE9E44E1D2

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Western Australia, 23.0833°S 113.3833°E / -23.0833; 113.3833, depth 141 m.

• Holotype: WAM:MIZ:Z1955 [1].

Synonymy

• Asteroporpa (Astromoana) indicus Baker, 1980: 38–40, figs. 10, 31.
• Asteroporpa (Astrohelix) indicus Baker, 1980; — Okanishi, 2017: 544.

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. 2017. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrohelix Döderlein, 1930 including the synonymy of the subgenus Asteroporpa (Astromoana) Baker, 1980 to Astrohelix. Zootaxa 4227(4): 543–553. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.4. Reference page. 

Links

• Asteroporpa (Astrohelix) indicus Baker, 1980 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 12, 2026