Astroceras Lyman, 1879 
AphiaID: 242444

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		Astroceras pergamena Lyman, 1879 (type by original designation)
Parent		Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011
Synonymised taxa		Asteroceras Lyman, 1879 (misspelling)
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] [view taxon] 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 Astroceras annulatum Mortensen, 1933 Species Astroceras aurantiacum Stöhr, 2011 Species Astroceras calix Murakami, 1944 Species Astroceras compar Koehler, 1904 Species Astroceras compressum Döderlein, 1927 Species Astroceras coniunctum Murakami, 1944 Species Astroceras elegans (Bell, 1917) Species Astroceras kermadecensis Baker, 1980 Species Astroceras mammosum Koehler, 1930 Species Astroceras nodosum Koehler, 1930 Species Astroceras paucispinum Murakami, 1944 Species Astroceras pergamenum Lyman, 1879 Species Astroceras pleiades Baker, 1980 Species Astroceras spinigerum Mortensen, 1933 Species Astroceras gemmiferum Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Astroceras annulatum Mortensen, 1933 Species Astroceras maui McKnight, 1968 accepted as Astroceras elegans (Bell, 1917) Species Astroceras pergamena Matsumoto, 1917 (non Lyman, 1879) accepted as Astroceras annulatum Mortensen, 1933 Species Astroceras pergamena Lyman, 1879 accepted as Astroceras pergamenum Lyman, 1879 Species Astroceras verrucosum Koehler, 1930 accepted as Astroceras compar Koehler, 1904
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link		To GenBank
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242444
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2007-09-13 10:46:32Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-09-19 13:40:18Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Astroceras Lyman, 1879. 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=242444 on 2013-05-24