Gorgonocephalidae

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Gorgonocephalidae
Haeckel Ophiodea 70 Astrophyton darwinium.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Phrynophiurida
Suborder: Euryalina
Family: Gorgonocephalidae
Ljungman, 1867
Genera

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Gorgonocephalidae is a family of basket stars. They have characteristic many-branched arms.

Arms of Astroboa nuda

Gorgonocephalidae are the largest ophiuroids (Gorgonocephalus stimpsoni can measure up to 70 cm in arm length with a disk diameter of 14 cm).[1]

Systematics and phylogeny[]

The family is divided into the following genera:[2]

  • Asteroporpa Örsted & Lütken in: Lütken, 1856
  • Döderlein, 1927
  • Astroboa Döderlein, 1911
  • Döderlein, 1911
  • Koehler, 1905
  • Verrill, 1878
  • Koehler, 1912
  • Astrocladus Verrill, 1899
  • Lyman, 1879
  • Lyman, 1872
  • Döderlein, 1927
  • Döderlein, 1927
  • Döderlein, 1911
  • Döderlein, 1927
  • Döderlein, 1927
  • Lyman, 1870
  • Döderlein, 1911
  • Döderlein, 1930
  • Döderlein, 1930
  • McKnight, 2000
  • Astrophyton Fleming, 1828
  • Döderlein, 1927
  • Baker, 1980
  • Döderlein, 1911
  • Matsumoto, 1915
  • Döderlein, 1911
  • H.L. Clark, 1909
  • Lyman, 1875
  • Döderlein, 1930
  • H.L. Clark, 1909
  • Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
  • Bell, 1894
  • Koehler, 1930
  • A.H. Clark, 1952

Fossil record of Gorgonocephalidae dates back to Miocene.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol 1, Gale Cengage 2003
  2. ^ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123203 accessed 26 August 2014
  3. ^ Kroh, A. 2003. First record of gorgonocephalid ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys. Cainozoic Research 2: 143-155


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