Ophiuroidea taxon details

Astrosombra Thuy, Gale & Numberger-Thuy, 2019 †

1389514  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1389514)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Ophionereidina (Suborder)
  11. Ophionereidoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Amphilimnidae (Family)
  13. Astrosombra † (Genus)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Thuy, B.; Gale, A.; Numberger-Thuy, L. (2019). Brittle stars looking like starfish: the first fossil record of the Astrophiuridae and a remarkable case of convergent evolution. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e8008., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8008 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrosombra Thuy, Gale & Numberger-Thuy, 2019 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389514 on 2025-11-16
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2019-11-14 08:02:26Z
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Thuy, Ben

original description Thuy, B.; Gale, A.; Numberger-Thuy, L. (2019). Brittle stars looking like starfish: the first fossil record of the Astrophiuridae and a remarkable case of convergent evolution. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e8008., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8008 [details] 
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