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Astrotoma Lyman, 1875

Astrotoma agassizi 1

AphiaID

172601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172601)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Astrotoma agassizii Lyman, 1875

Type taxon of

Astrotominae Matsumoto, 1915

Parent

Astrotominae Matsumoto, 1915

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Species Astrotoma agassizii Lyman, 1875

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lyman, T. (1875). Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrotoma Lyman, 1875. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172601 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Astrotoma Lyman, 1875. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172601 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-04-24 13:31:30Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Lyman, T. (1875). Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]