Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Gorgonocephalus pourtalesii (Lyman, 1875)

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Ophiuroidea name details

Gorgonocephalus pourtalesii (Lyman, 1875)

AphiaID

245925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245925)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858)

Rank

Species

Parent

Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815

Original name

Astrophyton pourtalesii Lyman, 1875

Environment

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

Original description

(of Astrophyton pourtalesii Lyman, 1875) Lyman, T. (1875). Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. <em>Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Gorgonocephalus pourtalesii (Lyman, 1875). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245925 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-08-27 13:50:37Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (3)

original description (of Astrophyton pourtalesii Lyman, 1875) Lyman, T. (1875). Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. <em>Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. [details]

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

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