Astrobrachion Doederlein, 1927 
AphiaID: 242380

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

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Ophiocreas constrictus Farquhar, 1900
Parent		Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011
Synonymised names		Astroscolex Mortensen, 1933
Sources		basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (of Astroscolex Mortensen, 1933) Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44, available online at http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Vic26Zool.html [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (2) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884) Species Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution
Link		To GenBank
Attribute		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242380
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-09-19 13:40:18Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2014). Astrobrachion Doederlein, 1927. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242380 on 2015-01-25