Sladen, W. P. (1879). On the structure of Astrophiura, a new and aberrant genus of Echinodermata. <em>Annales and Magazin of Natural History Series 5.</em> 4, 401-415.[details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Astrophiura Sladen, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205464 on 2024-11-22
original descriptionSladen, W. P. (1879). On the structure of Astrophiura, a new and aberrant genus of Echinodermata. <em>Annales and Magazin of Natural History Series 5.</em> 4, 401-415.[details]
taxonomy sourceO'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 athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 page(s): 426 [details]
basis of recordRowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp.[details]
additional sourceNeave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online athttps://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Remark Type species: Astrophiura permira Sladen 1878 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]