Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815 
AphiaID: 123586

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		Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Typetaxon of		Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Parent		Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Sources		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] basis of record: Baker, A.N. (1980). Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(1) 1980: 11-83. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Norwegian Bokmål medusahoder  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk medusahovud  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819 Species Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858) Species Gorgonocephalus diomedeae Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 Species Gorgonocephalus dolichodactylus Döderlein, 1911 Species Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) Species Gorgonocephalus sundanus Döderlein, 1927 Species Gorgonocephalus tuberosus Döderlein, 1902 Species Gorgonocephalus agassizi (Stimpson, 1854) accepted as Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819 Species Gorgonocephalus arborescens (L. Agassiz, 1839) accepted as Astrospartus mediterraneus (Risso, 1826) Species Gorgonocephalus caryi (Lyman, 1860) accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus cornutum Koehler, 1898 accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) Species Gorgonocephalus cornutus Koehler, 1897 accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) Species Gorgonocephalus japonicus Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus laevigatus Koehler, 1897 accepted as Astrodendrum laevigatum (Koehler, 1897) Species Gorgonocephalus lamarcki J Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus levigatus Koehler, 1897 accepted as Astrodendrum laevigatum (Koehler, 1897) Species Gorgonocephalus linckii Lyman, 1882 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Gorgonocephalus malmgreni (Danielssen & Koren, 1877) accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus moluccanus Döderlein, 1927 accepted as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) Species Gorgonocephalus pectinatus Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) Species Gorgonocephalus pourtalesii (Lyman, 1875) accepted as Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858) Species Gorgonocephalus robillardi de Loriol, 1899 accepted as Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896) Species Gorgonocephalus sagaminum Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astrodendrum sagaminum (Döderlein, 1902) Species Gorgonocephalus sagaminus Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astrodendrum sagaminum (Döderlein, 1902) Species Gorgonocephalus scutatum (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Gorgonocephalus stimpsoni (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Gorgonocephalus verrucosus Grube, 1840 accepted as Astrospartus mediterraneus (Risso, 1826)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
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Notes		Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Remark: Type species: Asterias caputmedusae Linnaeus, 1758 (as Asterias caput-medusae) by subsequent designation (Clark, 1915). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123586
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815. 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=123586 on 2013-05-18