Astrocladus exiguus

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: Gorgonocephalidae
Subfamilia: Gorgonocephalinae
Genus: Astrocladus
Species: Astrocladus exiguus

Name

Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) Döderlein, 1911

Synonymy

Euryale exiguum Lamarck, 1816 (original combination)
Gorgonocephalus cornutus Koehler, 1897

Synonymised by Döderlein, 1911

References

Primary references

Döderlein, L. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der math. phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften II, Suppl. 5: 1-123. BHL Reference page. [see page 76, recombination reference and source of synonymy]
Lamarck, J.B. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des characteres essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie). Tome 2. pp. 1–568. Paris: Verdière. BHL Reference page. [see page 539 as Euryale exiguum, original description]
Okanishi, M., Kohtsuka, H., Fujita, T. 2020. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrocladus (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida, Gorgonocephalidae) from Japanese coastal waters. PeerJ. 8:e9836. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9836 Reference page. [redescription]

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. [see page 63]
Baker, A.N., Okanishi, M. & Pawson, D.L. 2018. Euryalid brittle stars from the International Indian Ocean Expedition 1963–64 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalida). Zootaxa 4392(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms: i-vii, 1-238, pls 1-31. London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). PDF Reference page. [see page 92]
Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. [see page 187]
Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans from Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 26(1–3): 15–49. DOI: 10.5134/176023 Reference page. [as Astrocladus exiguus p. 19]
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1897. Note sur les formes profondes d'Ophiures recueillies par "l'Investigator" dans l'Ocean Indien. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 531: 166-170. BHL Reference page. [as Gorgonocephalus cornutus p. 168 (announcement with minimal information)]
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1897. Echinodermes recueillis par “l'Investigator” dans l'Ocean Indien. I. Les Ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie serie 8. 4: 277–372, pl. 5–9. BHL Reference page. [as Gorgonocephalus cornutus p. 368–370 (full description)]

Links

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213437 on 2020-04-23