A taxonomic review of the genus Asterostegus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) : with the description of a new species
- A revision of the genus Asterostegus Mortensen, 1933 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalidae) is based on seven specimens, including the holotype of Asterostegus maini McKnight, 2003. A new species, Asterostegus sabineae sp. nov., is described from off Reunion Island and two other species, A. tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933 and A. maini, are redescribed. A tabular key to the three species of the genus Asterostegus is provided. Some terminology of the taxonomy of euryalid ophiuroids is revised.
Author: | Masanori Okanishi, Toshihiko Fujita |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-326247 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.76 |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 76 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (76) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2014 |
Date of first Publication: | 2014/03/06 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2014/03/10 |
Tag: | Asterostegus sabineae; Indo-Western Pacific; brittle stars; new species; taxonomy |
Page Number: | 18 |
Note: | Some corrections to the present paper have been made with EJT issue 84 (http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-371382). |
HeBIS-PPN: | 362716102 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |