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Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933 
AphiaID: 206809

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 Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933
Parent Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011
Synonymised
taxa		  Astrostegus (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Asterostegus maini McKnight, 2003
Species Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206809
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-06 06:55:51Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2011-09-19 13:40:18Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206809 on 2013-05-21
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