WoRMS name details
Astrophyton purpurea (Mortensen, 1934)
243259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243259)
unaccepted (erroneous combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Euryale purpurea Mortensen, 1934) Mortensen, T. (1934). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>Hong Kong Naturalist Suppl.</em> 3, 3-14, 8 pls. [details]
Nomenclature Due to the confusion around the name Euryale, this species appears to have been placed in Astrophyton following Fleming...
Nomenclature Due to the confusion around the name Euryale, this species appears to have been placed in Astrophyton following Fleming (1828), but this combination has probably never been used and is incorrect, since Astrophyton is a gorgonocephalid genus. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrophyton purpurea (Mortensen, 1934). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243259 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Euryale purpurea Mortensen, 1934) Mortensen, T. (1934). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>Hong Kong Naturalist Suppl.</em> 3, 3-14, 8 pls. [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Liao,Y. and Clark, A.M. (1995). The Echinoderms of Southern China. Science Press, Beijing.614 pp.
page(s): 160 [details]
page(s): 160 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Due to the confusion around the name Euryale, this species appears to have been placed in Astrophyton following Fleming (1828), but this combination has probably never been used and is incorrect, since Astrophyton is a gorgonocephalid genus. [details]