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Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869

AphiaID

242445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242445)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Asteromorpha steenstrupi Lütken, 1869 accepted as Asteromorpha rousseaui (Michelin, 1862) (type by original designation)

Parent

Euryalidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Ophiogelas Koehler, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Asteromorpha capensis (Mortensen, 1925)
Species Asteromorpha koehleri (Döderlein, 1898)
Species Asteromorpha rousseaui (Michelin, 1862)
Species Asteromorpha tenax Baker, 1980
Species Asteromorpha laevis Lyman, 1872 accepted as Asteroschema laeve (Lyman, 1872) (synonym)
Species Asteromorpha perplexum (Koehler, 1930) accepted as Asteromorpha koehleri (Döderlein, 1898)
Species Asteromorpha steenstrupi Lütken, 1869 accepted as Asteromorpha rousseaui (Michelin, 1862)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242445 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2007-09-13 10:46:32Z

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2011-09-19 13:40:18Z

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2015-04-29 11:22:58Z

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2018-12-11 10:20:58Z

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original description Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]

original description (of Ophiogelas Koehler, 1930) Koehler, R. (1930). Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening. 89, 1-295, 22 pl. [details]

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]

taxonomy source Okanishi, M.; Olbers, J.M.; Fujita, T. (2013). A Taxonomic Review Of The Genus Asteromorpha Lütken (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62(2): 461-480. [details]

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

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