Astroceras kermadecensis

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: Astroceras
Species: Astroceras kermadecensis

Name

Astroceras kermadecensis Baker, 1980

• ZooBank: 14606039-5B03-4E3C-9F45-7DD099A49860

• Type locality: Kermadec Islands, NNW of Raoul Island, 28.5117°S 177.8217°W / -28.5117; -177.8217, depth 1165–1185 m.

• Holotype: NIWA 1186.

• Paratypes: MONZ EC.003667 [1]; MONZ EC.003668 [2]; NIWA 1187.

Synonymy

• Astroceras kermadecensis Baker, 1980: 68, figs. 26b, 32; — McKnight, 2000: 44–45.

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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Astroceras kermadecensis Baker, 1980 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 15, 2026