The World Asteroidea Database - Gomophia Gray, 1840

Asteroidea taxon details

Gomophia Gray, 1840

AphiaID

206117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206117)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870

Direct children (7)

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Species Gomophia egeriae A. M. Clark, 1967
Species Gomophia egyptiaca Gray, 1840
Species Gomophia sphenisci (A.M. Clark, 1967)
Species Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone, 1936)
Species Gomophia gomophia (Perrier, 1875) represented as Nardoa gomophia (Perrier, 1875)
Species Gomophia mamillifera (Livingstone, 1930) represented as Nardoa mamillifera Livingstone, 1930
Species Gomophia rosea (H.L. Clark, 1921) represented as Nardoa rosea H.L. Clark, 1921

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 286 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Gomophia Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206117 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-04 22:25:11Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-01-25 09:35:43Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 286 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Remark Type species: Gomophia egyptiaca Gray 1840 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Linckiidae in Clark (1954).
The concept of the genus is expanded in Rowe & Gates (1995) to include species formerly included in Nardoa-Nardoa mamillifera Livingstone, 1930, Nardoa rosea H.L. Clark, 1921 and Nardoa sphenisci A.M. Clark, 1967- but in which superomarginal plates alternate in two sizes along the ray; taxonomy under review by Rowe, F.W.E. and Marsh, L.M. [details]

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