Asteromorpha capensis

Asteromorpha capensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Euryalidae
Genus: Asteromorpha
Species: Asteromorpha capensis

Name

Asteromorpha capensis (Mortensen, 1925) Okanishi, Olbers & Fujita 2013

original combination: Asteroschema capensis Mortensen, 1925

Synonymy

• Asteroschema capensis Mortensen, 1925
• Astroschema capensis Mortensen, 1933 (misspelling of genus name)

References

Primary references

• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1925. On some echinoderms from South Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. series 9, 16: 146-154. Reference page. 
• Okanishi, M., Olbers, J.M., Fujita, T. 2013. A taxonomic review of the genus Asteromorpha Lütken (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 461–480. ResearchGate Internet Archive Reference page.  [recombination reference]

Additional references

• Baker, A.N., Okanishi, M. & Pawson, D.L. 2018. Euryalid brittle stars from the International Indian Ocean Expedition 1963–64 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalida). Zootaxa 4392(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asteromorpha capensis (Mortensen, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880826 on 2020-10-12

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