Astrophiura

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Taxonavigation: Ophiurina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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
NameEdit
Astrophiura Sladen, 1879
Type species: Astrophiura permira Sladen, 1879, by monotypy.
ReferencesEdit
Primary referencesEdit
- 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 referencesEdit
- 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.
LinksEdit
- 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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