Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

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: Gorgonocephalidae
Subfamilia: Gorgonocephalinae
Genus: Gorgonocephalus
Species: Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

Name

Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) Baker, 1974

• Original combination: Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916

• Type locality: Tasmania, Bass Strait, E of Flinders Island. 39.951591°S 149.021729°E / -39.951591; 149.021729.

• Holotype: MCZ OPH-3952 [1]

Synonymy

• Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916
• Gorgonocephalus moluccanus Döderlein, 1927
  • Synonymised by Baker (1980: 54).
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Moluccas, Obi Islands, Piti Passage, Gomumu Island. 1.8917°S 127.65°E / -1.8917; 127.65. Depth 732 m.
  • Holotype: USNM E1472 [2]

References

• Baker, A.N. 1974: New species of brittle-stars from New Zealand (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Records of the Dominion Museum 8(15): 247–266. Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 252 (recombination)]
• 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.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 54–56, figs. 18b, 20, 30 (synonymy)]
• Calero, B., Ramil, F. 2023. Euryalida (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from Northwest Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy. 870(1): 46–75. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.870.2117 Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 67–68]
• Clark, H.L. 1916. Report on the Sea-Lilies, Starfishes, Brittle-Stars and Sea-Urchins obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia 4(1): 1–123, pls. I–XLIV. BHL Reference page.  [as Astrodendrum pustulatum p. 84–85 (original description)]
• Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. 31(6): 1-105. DOI: 10.1515/9783486755459 Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus moluccanus (original description)]
• 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.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 49–51]

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