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Gorgonocephalidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt Af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866, 23(9): 303–336. https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6322

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Echinodermata
class
Ophiuroidea
order
Euryalida
family
Gorgonocephalidae

Name

Synonyms
Astrochelidae
Astrophytidae
Homonyms
Gorgonocephalidae
Common names
Basketstars in English
Estrelas-medusa in Portuguese
Estrellas medusa in Spanish
Gorgonenhäupter in German
Medusenhäupter in German
basket stars in English
basketstars in English
basketstars in English
medusahuvuden in Swedish
medusahuvuden in Swedish
medusahuvuden in Swedish
Горгоноцефалиды in Russian
テヅルモヅル科 in Japanese
筐蛇尾科 in Chinese
삼천발이과 in Korean
medusahuvuden in Swedish
Basket Stars in English
Gorgonenhäupter in German
Medusenhäupter in German
basket stars in English
basketstars in English
medusahuvuden in Swedish
テヅルモヅル科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  4. Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351.
  5. Hansson, Samuelsson, Cedhagen & Strand (2013) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Tagghudingar–svalgsträngsdjur. Echinodermata–Hemichordata
  6. Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. <em>Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</em> 23(9): 303-336.
  7. O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430.
  8. O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416).
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed., 1966: Asterozoans. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1. U4-U107.
  11. Turner, R. L.; Boucher, J. M. (2010). Loss of arm spines in the basketstar Astrophyton muricatum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae), with a key to West Indian basketstars. <em>Proceedings Biological Society of Washington.</em> 123(1): 17-26. 10.2988/09-10.1
  12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  13. WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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