Astrosierra Baker, 1980 
AphiaID: 242408

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

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Conocladus amblyconus H.L. Clark, 1909 accepted as Astrosierra amblyconus (H.L. Clark, 1909)
Parent		Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Source		basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa (3) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Astrosierra amblyconus (H.L. Clark, 1909) Species Astrosierra densus Baker, 1980 Species Astrosierra microconus (H.L. Clark, 1914)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Link		To GenBank
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details] Supporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous > High-magnesium calcite (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] [show lower level...]        Loading...
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242408
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2007). Astrosierra Baker, 1980. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2017). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242408 on 2017-08-17