Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Euryophiurida > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina

Astrophiuridae Sladen, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ophiomisidium Koehler, 1914
Ophiophycis Koehler, 1901

Literature

original description

Sladen, W. P. (1879). On Astrophiura permira, an Echinoderm-Form Intermediate between Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 27(185-189): 456-457.

taxonomy source

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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430.

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Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrophiuridae Sladen, 1879. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062637

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062637

Last modified

2018-03-14 by Sabine Stöhr

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