Asterostegus sabineae

Asterostegus sabineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Asterostegus
Species: Asterostegus sabineae

Name

Asterostegus sabineae Okanishi & Fujita, 2014

• ZooBank: :D2F3C5E4-B56D-4726-A7B7-FDB56A85B95F

• Type locality: Off Madagascar, South Cape, Sainte Marie, 26.272500°S 45.174167°E / -26.272500; 45.174167, depth 409–473 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-8012.

• Paratypes: SMNH-Type-8333, SMNH-Type-85436.

• Etymology: named after Sabine Stöhr.

Synonymy

• Asterostegus sabineae Okanishi & Fujita, 2014: 4–9, figs. 2–5; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 8–12.

References

• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Okanishi, M.; Fujita, T. 2014: A taxonomic review of the genus Asterostegus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), with the description of a new species. European journal of taxonomy, (76) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.76 Reference page. 

Links

• Asterostegus sabineae Okanishi & Fujita, 2014 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on December 30, 2025

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