Astrophiuridae

Astrophiura sp.

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
Genera (3): Astrophiura – Ophiomisidium – Ophiophycis

Name

Astrophiuridae Sladen, 1879

• Type genus: Astrophiura Sladen, 1879

References

• Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page.  [as Astrophiuridae p. 24]
• O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Stöhr, S. & Martynov, A. 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 415–430. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 Reference page.  [as Astrophiuridae p. 9]
• Sladen, P. 1878. On Astrophiura permira, an Echinoderm-Form Intermediate between Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea.. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 27(185–189): 456–457. DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0083 BHL Reference page. 
• 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.