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Ophiuroidea taxon details

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstrocyclus Döderlein, 1911 
AphiaID: 242525

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiuroidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuryalida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGorgonocephalidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstrocyclus (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856)
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Source  basis of record Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44, available online at http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Vic26Zool.html [details]

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taxa (1)
[hide all]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856)
Environment marine
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality contained in Caribbean Sea [details]

 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien 
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Attributes Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFunctional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiuroidea) [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSupporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous > High-magnesium calcite (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata) [details]

Note 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorType locality Caribbean, 100 fms [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242525
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-16 13:33:01Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-26 07:24:59Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2009). Astrocyclus Döderlein, 1911. 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=242525 on 2017-09-22
   
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