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WoRMS taxon details

Astrogymnotes H.L. Clark, 1914

AphiaID

242410 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242410)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Astrogymnotes catasticta H.L. Clark, 1914 (type by original designation)

Parent

Hemieuryalidae Verrill, 1899

Synonymised names

Ophiovesta Koehler, 1930 · unaccepted (Synonymized by Mortensen (1932))

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Species Astrogymnotes catasticta H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Astrogymnotes hamishia Baker, Clark & McKnight, 2001
Species Astrogymnotes irimurai Baker, Clark & McKnight, 2001
Species Astrogymnotes oharai Stöhr, 2011
Species Astrogymnotes thomasinae Baker, Clark & McKnight, 2001

Environment

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

Original description

Clark, H. L. (1914). The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 1(3): 132-173., available online at http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/VOL.1%20PART%203%201914%20P509.941%20REC.pdf [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrogymnotes H.L. Clark, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242410 on 2026-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-14 11:46:55Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description Clark, H. L. (1914). The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 1(3): 132-173., available online at http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/VOL.1%20PART%203%201914%20P509.941%20REC.pdf [details]

original description (of Ophiovesta Koehler, 1930) Koehler, R. (1930). Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening. 89, 1-295, 22 pl. [details]

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; McKnight, D.G. 2001. New species of the brittlestar genus Astrogymnotes H.L. Clark, 1914, from New Zealand and Japan (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31(2), 299-306. [details]