Astrophiura

Astrophiura permira

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Astrophiuridae
Genus: Astrophiura
Species (9): A. caroleae – A. chariplax – A. kawamurai – A. kohurangi – A. levii – A. marionae – † A. markbeneckei – A. permira – A. tiki – A. wanikawa

Name

Astrophiura Sladen, 1879

Type species: Astrophiura permira Sladen, 1879, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Sladen, P. 1879. On the structure of Astrophiura, a new and aberrant genus of Echinodermata. Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. ser. 5. 4: 401-415. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pawson, D.L. 2018. A new species of the remarkable brittle star genus Astrophiura (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 4378(2): 257–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.4. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Thuy, B., Gale, A.S., Numberger-Thuy, L.D. 2019. Brittle stars looking like starfish: the first fossil record of the Astrophiuridae and a remarkable case of convergent evolution. PeerJ. 7:e8008. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8008 Reference page. 

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrophiura Sladen, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205464 on 2020-11-01

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