Ophiuroidea taxon details

Astrophyton Fleming, 1828

123583  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123583)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Euryophiurida (Superorder)
  9. Euryalida (Order)
  10. Gorgonocephalidae (Family)
  11. Gorgonocephalinae (Subfamily)
  12. Astrophyton (Genus)
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  1. Species Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816)
  2. Species Astrophyton agassizi Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819 (synonym)
  3. Species Astrophyton annulatum Matsumoto, 1912 accepted as Astrocladus annulatus (Matsumoto, 1912)
  4. Species Astrophyton arborescens Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816) (synonymised with A. costosum by Lyman (1865), a synonym of A. muricatum)
  5. Species Astrophyton aspera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Euryale aspera Lamarck, 1816 (Astrophyton is a gorgoncephalid genus)
  6. Species Astrophyton australe Verrill, 1876 accepted as Conocladus australis (Verrill, 1876)
  7. Species Astrophyton cacaoticum Lyman, 1874 accepted as Astrogordius cacaoticus (Lyman, 1874) (synonym)
  8. Species Astrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856 accepted as Astrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856)
  9. Species Astrophyton caryi Lyman, 1860 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  10. Species Astrophyton chilense Philippi, 1858 accepted as Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858)
  11. Species Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, 1861 accepted as Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861)
  12. Species Astrophyton coniferum Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astrocladus coniferus (Döderlein, 1902)
  13. Species Astrophyton cornutum (Koehler, 1898) accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816)
  14. Species Astrophyton costosum Seba, 1758 accepted as Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816) (pre-Linnean, unavailable)
  15. Species Astrophyton elegans Koehler, 1905 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874)
  16. Species Astrophyton eucnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (synonym)
  17. Species Astrophyton exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816)
  18. Species Astrophyton globiferum Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astroboa globifera (Döderlein, 1902)
  19. Species Astrophyton gracile Koehler, 1905 accepted as Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896) (synonymized by Döderlein (1927))
  20. Species Astrophyton krebsii Lütken, 1856 accepted as Astrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856) (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark, 1915)
  21. Species Astrophyton lamarcki J. Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (misspelling)
  22. Species Astrophyton lamarckii Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  23. Species Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  24. Species Astrophyton malmgreni Danielssen & Koren, 1877 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (synonym)
  25. Species Astrophyton mucronatum Lyman, 1869 accepted as Astracme mucronata (Lyman, 1869)
  26. Species Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) (transferred to Astroboa by Döderlein (1911))
  27. Species Astrophyton panamense Verrill, 1867 accepted as Astrodictyum panamense (Verrill, 1867)
  28. Species Astrophyton pardalis Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Astrocladus pardalis (Döderlein, 1902) accepted as Astrocladus coniferus (Döderlein, 1902)
  29. Species Astrophyton pourtalesii Lyman, 1875 accepted as Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858)
  30. Species Astrophyton purpurea (Mortensen, 1934) accepted as Euryale purpurea Mortensen, 1934 (erroneous combination)
  31. Species Astrophyton sculptum Döderlein, 1896 accepted as Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896)
  32. Species Astrophyton scutatum Fleming, 1828 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  33. Species Astrophyton spinosum Lyman, 1875 accepted as Astrocaneum spinosum (Lyman, 1875)
  34. Species Astrophyton stimpsoni Verrill, 1869 accepted as Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  35. Species Astrophyton verrucosum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astrocladus verrucosum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Astrocladus)
  36. Species Astrophyton elizabethae M'Intosh, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, this is a crinoid, not an ophiuroid)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569  [details]   
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrophyton Fleming, 1828. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123583 on 2024-04-16
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-06-09 16:13:42Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2007-09-17 13:16:00Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2018-02-23 10:21:58Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2018-04-24 13:31:30Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

original description Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569  [details]   

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]   

subsequent type designation Lyman, T. (1865). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1: 1-200., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4298745
page(s): 180 [details]   

subsequent type designation Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336
page(s): 188; note: Clark states that he determined the type species by elimination, because the genus was now monotypic. [details]   
 
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Spelling Lütken spelled this genus as Asterophyton.

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Authority Authority listed as Schultze, 1760 in printed version of ERMS [details]
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Astrophyton muricatum
Astrophyton muricatum
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