African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Astrocladus Verrill, 1899

AphiaID

205329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205329)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gorgonocephalinae Döderlein, 1911

Original name

Astrocladus Verrill, 1899

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Species Astrocladus africanus Mortensen, 1933
Species Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783)
Species Astrocladus exiguus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Astrocladus hirtus Mortensen, 1933
Species Astrocladus tonganus Döderlein, 1911
Species Astrocladus granulatus H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Astroboa granulatus (H.L. Clark, 1938)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences. 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrocladus Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205329 on 2026-09-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Astrocladus Verrill, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205329 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-04-18 18:44:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-19 07:15:44Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-26 07:24:59Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-08 09:58:55Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-04-24 13:31:30Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences. 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [details]

basis of record Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar, 48. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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Introduced: alien

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