Ophiuroidea name details
Astrodendrum galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1916
243187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243187)
unaccepted (mandatory change due to gender mismatch)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, A. H. (1916). One new starfish and five new brittle stars from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 8 (18): 115-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129690 [details]
Nomenclature The species name galapagensis has the incorrect ending (m/f), which led to a mandatory change to galapagense (n.) by...
Nomenclature The species name galapagensis has the incorrect ending (m/f), which led to a mandatory change to galapagense (n.) by Okanishi & Fujita (2018). However, the stem of Galapagos should be galapago and consequently the name should probably be galapagoense, which may not be mandatory though. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrodendrum galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1916. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243187 on 2025-03-29
original description
Clark, A. H. (1916). One new starfish and five new brittle stars from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 8 (18): 115-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129690 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]




From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The species name galapagensis has the incorrect ending (m/f), which led to a mandatory change to galapagense (n.) by Okanishi & Fujita (2018). However, the stem of Galapagos should be galapago and consequently the name should probably be galapagoense, which may not be mandatory though. [details]