MSBIAS taxon details
Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
123586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123586)
accepted
Genus
- Species Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Gorgonocephalus lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123586 on 2025-05-19
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123586 on 2025-05-19
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Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Baker, A. N. (1980). Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7, 11-83. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Baker, A. N. (1980). Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7, 11-83. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
