Astrophyton gracile Koehler, 1905 
AphiaID: 243212

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

Status		unaccepted (synonymized by Döderlein (1927))
Accepted name		Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896)
Rank		Species
Parent		Astrophyton Fleming, 1828
Sources		original description Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expeditie. 45b, 1-140. [details] basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy Döderlein, L. (1927). Indopacifische Euryalae. Abh. Bayer. Ak. Wiss. 31(6): 1-105. [details] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
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]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243212
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-06-27 08:34:26Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2011). Astrophyton gracile Koehler, 1905. 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=243212 on 2017-09-22