Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) 
AphiaID: 213165

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
Synonymised taxa		Astrodendrum pustulatum H.L. Clark, 1916 Gorgonocephalus moluccanus Döderlein, 1927 Gorgonocephalus pectinatus Mortensen, 1933
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies. starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Biological Results of the Fishing experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914, 4(1), 1-123. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Döderlein, L. (1927). Indopacifische Euryalae. Abh. Bayer. Ak. Wiss. 31 (6): 1-105. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenhavn 93: 215-490. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Notes		Distribution: General distribution: temperate, west Pacific (also western Indian Ocean), depth range 180-751 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Holotype: Holotype Australian Museum, Sydney (Australia) E4700. Type locality: east of Flinders Is., Tasmania (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213165
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-09-19 07:15:44Z   created   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916). 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=213165 on 2013-05-22