Asterostegus tuberculatus

Asterostegus tuberculatus

Asterostegus tuberculatus

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: Euryalidae
Genus: Asterostegus
Species: Asterostegus tuberculatus

Name

• Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933
  • Type locality: Off Durban, South Africa, depth: 376 m.
  • Holotype: ZMUC OPH-000307

Synonymy

• Astrostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933 (misspelling of genus name)

References

• Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The echinoderms of Southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Natural History): 1–277 Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933b. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215-400; pl. VIII-XIX PDF Reference page.  [298-300, figs 24-25, pl. 19; figs 4-5]
• Okanishi, M. & Fujita, T. 2013. Molecular phylogeny based on increased number of species and genes revealed more robust family-level systematics of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 566–580. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.021 Reference page.  [568, 572, 575, fig. 1, tables 2-3.]
• 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.  [12-17, figs 7-10]