MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Euryalidae Gray, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Euryalidae Gray, 1840

AphiaID

196223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196223)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Euryale Lamarck, 1816

Parent

Euryalida

Synonymised names

Asteroschematidae Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (rejected by O'Hara et al, 2018)

Asteroschematinae Verrill, 1899 emended Okanishi et al., 2011 · unaccepted (rejected by O'Hara et al., 2018)

Astrocharidae Okanishi et al., 2011 · unaccepted (lowered in rank by O'Hara et al., 2017)

Astrocharinae Okanishi et al., 2011 · unaccepted (rejected by O'Hara et al., 2018)

Euryalidea Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (removed by O'Hara et al., 2017)

Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011 · unaccepted (raised to family level by...)

raised to family level by Okanishi & Fujita (2013)

Trichasteridae Döderlein, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Direct children (17)

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Genus Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869
Genus Asteroschema Örsted & Lütken in Lütken, 1856
Genus Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933
Genus Astrobrachion Doederlein, 1927
Genus Astroceras Lyman, 1879
Genus Astrocharis Koehler, 1904
Genus Euryale Lamarck, 1816
Genus Ophiocreas Lyman, 1879
Genus Squamophis Okanishi, O'Hara & Fujita, 2011
Genus Sthenocephalus Koehler, 1898
Genus Trichaster L. Agassiz, 1836
Subfamily Asteroschematinae Verrill, 1899 emended Okanishi et al., 2011 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (rejected by O'Hara et al., 2018)
Subfamily Astrocharinae Okanishi et al., 2011 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (rejected by O'Hara et al., 2018)
Subfamily Euryalinae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011 accepted as Euryalidae Gray, 1840 (raised to family level by Okanishi & Fujita (2013))
1. Genus Asteroceras Lyman, 1879 accepted as Astroceras Lyman, 1879 (misspelling)
2. Genus Astrostegus accepted as Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933 (misspelling)
3. Genus Ophiogelas Koehler, 1930 accepted as Asteromorpha Lütken, 1869 (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Similar to Gorgonocephalidae, but lacking bands of hook-like spines on arms.

Description Similar to Gorgonocephalidae, but lacking bands of hook-like spines on arms. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Euryalidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196223 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-30 14:07:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-12 08:44:07Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-23 07:41:53Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2011-09-19 13:40:18Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2014-04-07 14:17:25Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-22 14:58:20Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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original description (of Astrocharinae Okanishi et al., 2011) Okanishi, M.; O'Hara, T. D.; Fujita, T. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 392-399. [details]

original description (of Trichasteridae Döderlein, 1911) Döderlein, L. 1911. Über japanische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der math. phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften, Suppl., 5 (2), 1-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16339443 [details]

taxonomy source Okanishi, M.; O'Hara, T. D.; Fujita, T. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 392-399. [details]

redescription 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. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]

status source Okanishi, M. & Fujita, T. 2013. Molecular phylogeny based on increased number of species and genes revealed more robust family-level systematics of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 566-580., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.021 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Description Similar to Gorgonocephalidae, but lacking bands of hook-like spines on arms. [details]

Remark Same as Euryalinidae in Baker 1980?? [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	basketstars	[details]
Japanese	ユウレイモヅル科タコクモヒトデ科 [from synonym]	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Asteroschematidae Verrill, 1899)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asteroschematidae) (from synonym Asteroschematidae Verrill, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euryalidae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Asteroschematidae Verrill, 1899)
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