Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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 caputmedusae

Name

Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original combination: Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758: 663.
Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) Leach, 1815: 51; — Gage et al., 1983: 288; — Paterson, 1985: 11–13, fig. 8.
Astrophyton scutatum Fleming, 1828: 489–490.
Gorgonocephalus scutatum (Fleming, 1828)
Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842: 122–123; — Lyman, 1865: 190; — Norman, 1865: 105; — Storm, 1879: 246–247.
- Synonymised by Mortensen (1924: 154).
Gorgonocephalus linckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Lyman, 1882: 264; — Hoyle, 1884a: 138; — Bell, 1892: 137–138.
- Synonymised by Mortensen (1924: 154).
Gorgonocephalus lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842); — Grieg, 1902: 18; — Farran, 1913: 49.
Gorgonocephalus caput-medusae (Linnaeus, 1758); — Mortensen, 1924: 154–156, figs. 66–67; — Mortensen, 1927: 162–163, figs. 91–92.

References

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