Ophiuroidea taxon details
Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
124967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124967)
accepted
Species
Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733 · unaccepted > unavailable name (pre-Linnean)
Gorgonocephalus linckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonocephalus scutatum (Fleming, 1828) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124967 on 2025-06-20
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(of Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) 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 at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 489 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) Linck, J. H. (1733). De stellis marinis. Lipsiae. 107 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51499474
page(s): 65-66 [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 Hansson, 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 source Southward, 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]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
original description (of Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) 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 at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 489 [details]
original description (of Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733) Linck, J. H. (1733). De stellis marinis. Lipsiae. 107 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51499474
page(s): 65-66 [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 Hansson, 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 source Southward, 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]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish | medusahuvud | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Astrophyton scutatum Linck, 1733)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Astrophyton linckii Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To ITIS