WoRMS name details
Gorgonocephalus scutatum (Fleming, 1828)
423409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:423409)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) 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
page(s): 489 [details]
(of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) Linck, J. H. (1733). De stellis marinis. Lipsiae. 107 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51499474
page(s): 65-66 [details]
page(s): 489 [details]
(of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) Linck, J. H. (1733). De stellis marinis. Lipsiae. 107 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51499474
page(s): 65-66 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Gorgonocephalus scutatum (Fleming, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423409 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) 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
page(s): 489 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) Linck, J. H. (1733). De stellis marinis. Lipsiae. 107 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51499474
page(s): 65-66 [details]
page(s): 489 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) Linck, J. H. (1733). De stellis marinis. Lipsiae. 107 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51499474
page(s): 65-66 [details]
