Astrodia excavata

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

Astrodia excavata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Original combination: Asteronyx excavata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Type locality: Albatross Station 3424, Off Tres Marias Islands; Depth: 1237 m.

Lectotype: MCZ OPH-2817 [1] designated by Okanishi & Fujita (2014: 193).

Paralectotype: USNM 19598 [2] designated by Okanishi & Fujita (2014: 193).

Asteronyx excavata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 185–186, pl. 22, figs. 2–6; — H.L. Clark, 1913: 219.
Astrodia excavata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Döderlein, 1927: 59, 98; — Okanishi & Fujita, 2014: 192–195, figs. 5–7.

Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page.
Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. 31(6): 1-105. DOI: 10.1515/9783486755459 Reference page.
Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page.
Okanishi, M., Fujita, T. 2014. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrodia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Asteronychidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315413001331 ResearchGate Reference page.