Asteroceras Lyman, 1879 
AphiaID: 206909

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

Status		unaccepted (misspelling)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Astroceras Lyman, 1879
Rank		Genus
Parent		Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011
Source		basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Asteroceras maui McKnight, 1968 accepted as Astroceras elegans (Bell, 1917) Species Asteroceras pleiades Baker, 1980 accepted as Astroceras pleiades Baker, 1980 Species Asteroceras spinigerum Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Astroceras spinigerum Mortensen, 1933
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Notes		Remark: Type species: Astroceras pergamena Lyman, 1879 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Taxonomic Remark: Not to be confused with the mollusc Asteroceras Hyatt, 1867. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206909
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-09-19 07:15:44Z   created   Garcia, Maria 2006-09-06 06:55:51Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2010-05-11 12:22:21Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-09-19 13:40:18Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Asteroceras Lyman, 1879. 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=206909 on 2013-05-23