Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 124969

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
Synonymised taxa		Astrophyton caryi Lyman, 1860 Astrophyton eucnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym) Astrophyton malmgreni Danielssen & Koren, 1877 (synonym) Astrophyton stimpsoni Verrill, 1869 Gorgonocephalus caryi (Lyman, 1860) (synonym) Gorgonocephalus japonicus Döderlein, 1902 (synonym) Gorgonocephalus malmgreni (Danielssen & Koren, 1877) (synonym) Gorgonocephalus stimpsoni (Verrill, 1869) (synonym)
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] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. 1877. Fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition: Echinodermes. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, 23(3), 45-83. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Döderlein, L. 1902. Japanische Euryaliden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 25, 320-326. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lyman, T. 1860. ?. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1859-61, 7, x-424-x. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, A.E. 1869. New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 12, 381-391. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Beaufort Sea [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links		To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
Notes		Authority: (J. Müller & Troschel, 1842) [details] Distribution: Juveniles are known to live on, or in, the polyps of alvyonarians (Patent, 1970) [details] Distribution: lower North Shore; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details] Habitat: infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images		Grieg (1910, pl. 1) added on 2009-08-05 - author: J. A. Grieg scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked Gorgonocephalus eucnemis added on 2010-07-28 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-12-05 14:22:26 [image from synonym] Gorgonocephalus caryi (small) added on 2012-04-24 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères () qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-12-05 14:23:48
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124969
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124969 on 2013-05-24