Astrothrombus H.L. Clark, 1909 
AphiaID: 242411

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		Astrothrombus rugosus H.L. Clark, 1909
Parent		Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Astrostephanus Döderlein, 1930 (synonymized by Baker (1980))
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Baker, A.N. (1980). Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(1) 1980: 11-83. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Astrothrombus chrysanthi Matsumoto, 1918 Species Astrothrombus rigens (Koehler, 1910) Species Astrothrombus rugosus H.L. Clark, 1909 Species Astrothrombus vecors (Koehler, 1904) Species Astrothrombus celingae Domantay, 1957 accepted as Ophiothela celingae (Domantay, 1957) Species Astrothrombus ludinge Domantay, 1957 accepted as Ophiothela ludinge (Domantay, 1957) Species Astrothrombus panningi Domantay & Domantay, 1966 accepted as Ophiothela panningi (Domantay & Domantay, 1966)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link		To GenBank
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242411
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Astrothrombus H.L. Clark, 1909. 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=242411 on 2013-05-19