Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933 
AphiaID: 206809

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933
Parent		Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011
Synonymised taxa		Astrostegus (misspelling)
Sources		basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] taxonomy source: Okanishi, M., O'Hara, T.D. & Fujita, T. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 392-399. [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Asterostegus maini McKnight, 2003 Species Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206809
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-06-06 22:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-09-06 06:55:51Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-09-19 13:40:18Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933. 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=206809 on 2013-06-19