Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867 
AphiaID: 123203

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

Status		accepted
Rank		Family
Typetaxon		Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
Parent		Euryalida
Synonymised names		Astrochelidae Verrill, 1899 Astrophytidae
Sources		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] 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 at https://doi.org/10.2988/09-10.1 [details] basis of record (of Astrophytidae) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 6(2), 17-83, 10 pl. [details] [show all]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English basketstarsbasket stars  [details] German MedusenhäupterGorgonenhäupter  [details] Japanese テヅルモヅル  [details] Swedish medusahuvuden  [details]
Direct child taxa (44) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Genus Asteroporpa Örsted & Lütken in Lütken, 1856 Genus Astracme Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astroboa Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrocaneum Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrochalcis Koehler, 1905 Genus Astrochele Verrill, 1878 Genus Astrochlamys Koehler, 1912 Genus Astrocladus Verrill, 1899 Genus Astroclon Lyman, 1879 Genus Astrocnida Lyman, 1872 Genus Astrocrius Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astrocyclus Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrodendrum Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrodictyum Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astroglymma Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astrogomphus Lyman, 1869 Genus Astrogordius Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrohamma Döderlein, 1930 Genus Astroniwa McKnight, 2000 Genus Astrophyton Fleming, 1828 Genus Astroplegma Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astrosierra Baker, 1980 Genus Astrospartus Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrothamnus Matsumoto, 1915 Genus Astrothorax Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrothrombus H.L. Clark, 1909 Genus Astrotoma Lyman, 1875 Genus Astrozona Döderlein, 1930 Genus Conocladus H.L. Clark, 1909 Genus Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815 Genus Ophiocrene Bell, 1894 Genus Ophiozeta Koehler, 1930 Genus Schizostella A.H. Clark, 1952 Genus Bertingius Domantay & Domantay, 1966 (taxon inquirendum) Subfamily Gorgonocephalinae Döderlein, 1911 (alternate representation) Genus Astroconus Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Conocladus H.L. Clark, 1909 Genus Astrocynodus A.H. Clark, 1919 accepted as Astrocaneum Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrodactylus Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Astroglymma Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astroglymna Döderlein, 1927 accepted as Astroglymma Döderlein, 1927 Genus Astrohelix Döderlein, 1930 accepted as Asteroporpa (Astrohelix) Döderlein, 1930 Genus Astroporpa Lyman, 1875 accepted as Asteroporpa Örsted & Lütken in Lütken, 1856 Genus Astroraphis Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Astroboa Döderlein, 1911 Genus Astrostephanus Döderlein, 1930 accepted as Astrothrombus H.L. Clark, 1909 Genus Ophiohelix Koehler, 1895 accepted as Gymnolophus Brock, 1888
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
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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] [show lower level...]        Loading...
Note		From other sources 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]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123203
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-12 08:44:07Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2009-06-23 07:41:53Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2012-09-14 07:57:08Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2012). Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867. 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=123203 on 2017-08-22