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Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman 1867

Creators

Description

Family Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867

Astrochelidae Verrill, 1899a: 79.

Type genus

Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815 (type species: G. caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)).

Other genera

Asteroporpa Örstedt & Lütken, 1856, Astracme Döderlein, 1927, Astroboa Döderlein, 1911, Astrocaneum Döderlein, 1911, Astrochalcis Koehler, 1905, Astrochele Verrill, 1878, Astrochlamys Koehler, 1912, Astrocladus Verrill, 1899b, Astroclon Lyman, 1879, Astrocnida Lyman, 1872, Astrocrius Döderlein, 1927, Astrocyclus Döderlein, 1911, Astrodendrum Döderlein, 1911, Astrodictyum Döderlein, 1927, Astroglymma Döderlein, 1927, Astrogomphus Lyman, 1869, Astrogordius Döderlein, 1911, Astrohamma Döderlein, 1930, Astrohelix Döderlein, 1930, Astroniwa McKnight, 2000, Astrophyton Fleming, 1828, Astroplegma Döderlein, 1927, Astrosierra Baker, 1980, Astrospartus Döderlein, 1911, Astrothamnus Matsumoto, 1915, Astrothorax Döderlein, 1911, Astrothrombus H.L. Clark, 1909a, Astrotoma Lyman, 1875, Astrozona Döderlein, 1930, Conocladus H.L. Clark, 1909b, Ophiocrene Bell, 1894, Ophiozeta Koehler, 1930, Schizostella A.H. Clark, 1952.

Diagnosis

Dorsal disc and arms with scales and plates, which bear thorny granules or spines. Girdles of small hyaline hooks on the arms. Arms branching or simple. All vertebrae without oral bridge. Gonads restricted to disc. Multiple teeth in irregular columns, dental plate entire. Arm spine articulation with slit-shaped muscle opening proximally bordered by vertical ridge, small nerve opening at a distance.

Notes

Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109

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Identifiers

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87E81F66302CFD9CFB407A70F817

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3806109 (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/163971283 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/22339/taxon/039E87E81F66302CFD9CFB407A70F817.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Gorgonocephalidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Euryalida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Ljungman
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867 sec. Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018

References

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  • Verrill A. E. 1899 a. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 5: 1 - 86.
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  • Lutken C. F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i KjObenhavn 1856 8: 1 - 19.
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