Ophiuroidea taxon details
Euryalida
Genus Aspiduriella Bolette, 1998 †
Family Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867
Family Euryalidae Gray, 1840
Family Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Genus Inexpectacantha Thuy, 2011 †
Genus Melusinaster Thuy & Stöhr, 2018 †
Family Asteroschematidae Verrill, 1899 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (rejected by O'Hara et al, 2018)
Family Astrochelidae Verrill, 1899 accepted as Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Family Astrophytidae (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Superfamily Euryalidea Gray, 1840 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (removed by O'Hara et al., 2017)
Suborder Euryalina accepted as Euryalida
Family Trichasteridae Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (junior synonym)
Family Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867
Family Euryalidae Gray, 1840
Family Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Genus Inexpectacantha Thuy, 2011 †
Genus Melusinaster Thuy & Stöhr, 2018 †
Family Asteroschematidae Verrill, 1899 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (rejected by O'Hara et al, 2018)
Family Astrochelidae Verrill, 1899 accepted as Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867
Family Astrophytidae (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Superfamily Euryalidea Gray, 1840 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (removed by O'Hara et al., 2017)
Suborder Euryalina accepted as Euryalida
Family Trichasteridae Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (junior synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
Taxonomy The superfamilies Gorgoncephalidea and Euryalidea proposed by Okanishi & Fujita (2013) were not supported by O'Hara et al....
Taxonomy The superfamilies Gorgoncephalidea and Euryalidea proposed by Okanishi & Fujita (2013) were not supported by O'Hara et al. (2017, 2018) and are thus currently not included, awaiting further clarification. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Euryalida. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242196 on 2023-06-05
original description
Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
original description (of Euryalae) Mortensen, Th. (1927). Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]
original description (of Euryalae) Mortensen, Th. (1927). Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The superfamilies Gorgoncephalidea and Euryalidea proposed by Okanishi & Fujita (2013) were not supported by O'Hara et al. (2017, 2018) and are thus currently not included, awaiting further clarification. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 蔓蛇尾亜目 [from synonym]ツルクモヒトデ目 | [details] |