Description Ophiurids in which the five arms are very branched. They have rings of little hook-like spines forming bands around the...
Description Ophiurids in which the five arms are very branched. They have rings of little hook-like spines forming bands around the branches of each arm. Most remain hidden during the day but come out at night, extending their arms into the water to trap food particles. Richmond 1997 <282>. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2018). World Ophiuroidea database. Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123203 on 2018-04-21
original description(ofAstrochelidae Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa. 5(1), 1-86. page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416[details]
status source O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 page(s): 426 [details]
identification resource Turner, R. L.; Boucher, J. M. (2010). Loss of arm spines in the basketstar Astrophyton muricatum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae), with a key to West Indian basketstars. Proceedings Biological Society of Washington. 123(1): 17-26., available online athttps://doi.org/10.2988/09-10.1[details]
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Description Ophiurids in which the five arms are very branched. They have rings of little hook-like spines forming bands around the branches of each arm. Most remain hidden during the day but come out at night, extending their arms into the water to trap food particles. Richmond 1997 <282>. [details]