Astrosierra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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
Subfamilia: Gorgonocephalinae
Genus: Astrosierra
Species (3): A. amblyconus – A. densus – A. microconus

Name

Astrosierra Baker, 1980

• ZooBank: 0EA60D80-DCB1-4233-B3DC-088861C406B4

• Type species: Conocladus amblyconus H.L. Clark, 1909, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Astrosierra Baker, 1980: 40–42; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 7.

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. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page. 

Links

• Astrosierra Baker, 1980 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 12, 2026

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