WoRMS taxon details
Astrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856)
243182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243182)
accepted
Species
Astrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856 · unaccepted
Astrophyton krebsii Lütken, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark, 1915)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856) Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856.</em> 7, 1-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632947 [details]
Type locality contained in Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrocyclus caecilia (Lütken, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243182 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Astrophyton krebsii Lütken, 1856) Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856.</em> 7, 1-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632947 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856) Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856.</em> 7, 1-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632947 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Astrophyton caecilia Lütken, 1856) Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856.</em> 7, 1-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632947 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
