Asteromorpha

Asteromorpha rousseaui

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: Euryalidae
Genus: Asteromorpha
Species (4): A. capensis – A. koehleri – A. rousseaui – A. tenax

Name

Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869

Type species: Asteromorpha steenstrupi Lütken, 1869 (type by original designation)

Note: Asteromorpha was synonymised to Asteroshema by Lyman (1872), and was restablished by Mortensen (1933).

Synonymy

• Ophiogelas Koehler, 1930
  • Type species: Ophiogelas perplexum Koehler, 1930 (type by monotypy)
  • Synonymised by Mortensen (1933)

References

Primary references

• Lütken, C.F. 1869. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Beskrivende og kritiske bidrag til kundskab om slangestjernerne. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109. BHL Reference page.  [pages 42, 45]
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. Studies of Indo-Pacific Euryalids. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København. 96(2): 1-75. Reference page.  [status + source of synonymy]
• Okanishi, M., Olbers, J.M., Fujita, T. 2013. A taxonomic review of the genus Asteromorpha Lütken (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 461–480. ResearchGate Internet Archive Reference page. 

Additional 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. 
• Okanishi, M., O’Hara, T.D. & Fujita, T. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 392–399. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.003 Reference page. 

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242445 on 2020-10-11

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