Astroceras pleiades

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 pleiades

Name

Astroceras pleiades Baker, 1980: 68–70, figs. 25, 27a, d–f

• ZooBank: 605B33BF-6156-47F0-9740-0389FB741A9A

• Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Australia, New South Wales, off Botany Bay, 34°S 151.333333°E / -34; 151.333333, depth 60–102 m.

• Holotype: AM J.8603 [1].

• Paratypes: AM J.3279 [2]; AM J.3860 [3]; AM J.8604 [4]; AM J.10004 [5].

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. 

Links

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