Astroboa Döderlein, 1911 
AphiaID: 206078

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		Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, 1861
Parent		Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Astroraphis Döderlein, 1911 (synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] source of synonymy (from synonym): Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Astroboa albatrossi Döderlein, 1927 Species Astroboa arctos Matsumoto, 1915 Species Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861) Species Astroboa ernae Döderlein, 1911 Species Astroboa globifera (Döderlein, 1902) Species Astroboa granulatus (H.L. Clark, 1938) Species Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927 Species Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) Species Astroboa tuberculosa Koehler, 1930 Species Astroboa nigra Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link		To GenBank
Note		Remark: Type species: Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, 1861 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206078
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-04-18 18:44:36Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-19 07:15:44Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2006-09-06 06:55:51Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2007-06-09 16:13:42Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Astroboa Döderlein, 1911. 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=206078 on 2013-06-18