Astrophyton Fleming, 1828 
AphiaID: 123583

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Euryale muricatum Lamarck, 1816
Typetaxon of		Astrophytidae
Parent		Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Source		basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816) Species Astrophyton agassizi Stimpson, 1854 accepted as Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819 Species Astrophyton annulatum Matsumoto, 1912 accepted as Astrocladus annulatus (Matsumoto, 1912) Species Astrophyton aspera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Euryale aspera Lamarck, 1816 Species Astrophyton australe Verrill, 1876 accepted as Conocladus australis (Verrill, 1876) Species Astrophyton cacaoticum Lyman, 1874 accepted as Astrogordius cacaoticus (Lyman, 1874) Species Astrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856 accepted as Astrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856) Species Astrophyton caryi Lyman, 1860 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Astrophyton chilense Philippi, 1858 accepted as Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858) Species Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, 1861 accepted as Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861) Species Astrophyton coniferum Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astrocladus coniferus (Döderlein, 1902) Species Astrophyton cornutum (Koehler, 1898) accepted as Astrocladus coniferus (Döderlein, 1902) Species Astrophyton elegans Koehler, 1905 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) Species Astrophyton eucnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Astrophyton exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) Species Astrophyton globiferum Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astroboa globifera (Döderlein, 1902) Species Astrophyton gracile Koehler, 1905 accepted as Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896) Species Astrophyton krebsii Lütken, 1856 accepted as Astrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856) Species Astrophyton lamarcki J. Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Astrophyton lamarckii Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Astrophyton malmgreni Danielssen & Koren, 1877 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Astrophyton mucronatum Lyman, 1869 accepted as Astracme mucronata (Lyman, 1869) Species Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) Species Astrophyton panamense Verrill, 1867 accepted as Astrodictyum panamense (Verrill, 1867) Species Astrophyton pardalis Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astrocladus pardalis (Döderlein, 1902) Species Astrophyton pourtalesii Lyman, 1875 accepted as Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858) Species Astrophyton purpurea (Mortensen, 1934) accepted as Euryale purpurea Mortensen, 1934 Species Astrophyton sculptum Döderlein, 1896 accepted as Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896) Species Astrophyton scutatum Fleming, 1828 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Astrophyton spinosum Lyman, 1875 accepted as Astrocaneum spinosum (Lyman, 1875) Species Astrophyton stimpsoni Verrill, 1869 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Astrophyton verrucosum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astrocladus verrucosum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Notes		Authority: Authority listed as Schultze, 1760 in printed version of ERMS [details] Spelling: Lütken spelled this genus as Asterophyton.  [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123583
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-06-09 16:13:42Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2007-09-17 13:16:00Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Astrophyton Fleming, 1828. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123583 on 2013-05-19