Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

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: Gorgonocephalus
Species: Gorgonocephalus pustulatum

Name

• Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) Baker, 1974
  • Original combination: Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916
  • Type locality: Tasmania, Bass Strait, E of Flinders Island. 39.951591°S 149.021729°E / -39.951591; 149.021729.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-3952 [1]

Synonymy

• Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916
• Gorgonocephalus moluccanus Döderlein, 1927
  • Synonymized by Baker (1980)
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Moluccas, Obi Islands, Piti Passage, Gomumu Island. 1.8917°S 127.65°E / -1.8917; 127.65. Depth 732 m.
  • Holotype: USNM E1472 [2]
• Gorgonocephalus pectinatus Mortensen, 1933
  • Synonymized by Baker (1980)
  • Type locality: South Africa, "Buffalo River, East London"
  • Holotype: NHMD107500 [ZMUC OPH-000254] [3]

References

• Baker, A.N. 1974: New species of brittle-stars from New Zealand (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Records of the Dominion Museum 8(15): 247–266. Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 252 (recombination)]
• 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.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 54–56 (synonymy)]
• Calero, B., Ramil, F. 2023. Euryalida (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from Northwest Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy. 870(1): 46–75. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.870.2117 Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 67–68]
• Clark, H.L. 1916. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Biological Results of the Fishing experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914. 4(1): 1-123, pls. I-XLIV. BHL Reference page.  [as Astrodendrum pustulatum p. 84–85 (original description)]
• Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. 31(6): 1-105. DOI: 10.1515/9783486755459 Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus moluccanus (original description)]
• McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research: Wellington. 79 pp. ISBN 0-478-23215-2. PDF Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum p. 49–51]
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914—16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215–400; pl. VIII–XIX. PDF. Reference page.  [as Gorgonocephalus pectinatus p. 281–285 (original description)]