Gorgonocephalus pectinatus Mortensen, 1933 
AphiaID: 213164

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

Status		unaccepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Rank		Species
Parent		Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
Sources		original description: Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenhavn 93: 215-490. [details] source of synonymy: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		South Africa (country) [details]
Link		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Note		Holotype: Holotype South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.Type locality: off East London, South Africa, 375m (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213164
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-04-13 19:06:52Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-19 07:15:44Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-08-27 13:50:37Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Gorgonocephalus pectinatus 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=213164 on 2013-06-19