(ofAsterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758)Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886[details] Available for editors [request]
Distribution In depths of more than 150 m, on rough ground where currents are strong, off northern Scotland, the Orkneys and Shetlands,...
Distribution In depths of more than 150 m, on rough ground where currents are strong, off northern Scotland, the Orkneys and Shetlands, deeper than 200 m west of Ireland [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124967 on 2024-07-12
original description(ofAsterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758)Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofAstrophyton scutatum Fleming, 1828)Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
basis of recordHansson, 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceSouthward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Breeding Eggs released, larvae not known. Juveniles of the Arctic species G. eucnemis are known to live on, or in, the polyps of alcyonarians (Patent, 1970) [details] Distribution In depths of more than 150 m, on rough ground where currents are strong, off northern Scotland, the Orkneys and Shetlands, deeper than 200 m west of Ireland [details]