Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman 1867

• Main Authors: Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben, Martynov, Alexander
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Euryalida; Gorgonocephalidae; Pacific; Indian; New Zealand; Charcot; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3816286; https://zenodo.org/record/3816286

Family Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867 Astrochelidae Verrill, 1899a: 79. Type genus Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815 (type species: G . caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)). Other genera Asteroporpa Örstedt & Lütken, 1856, Astracme Döderlein, 1927, Astroboa Döderlein, 1911, Astrocaneum Döderlein, 1911, Astrochalcis Koehler, 1905, Astrochele Verrill, 1878, Astrochlamys Koehler, 1912, Astrocladus Verrill, 1899b, Astroclon Lyman, 1879, Astrocnida Lyman, 1872, Astrocrius Döderlein, 1927, Astrocyclus Döderlein, 1911, Astrodendrum Döderlein, 1911, Astrodictyum Döderlein, 1927, Astroglymma Döderlein, 1927, Astrogomphus Lyman, 1869, Astrogordius Döderlein, 1911, Astrohamma Döderlein, 1930, Astrohelix Döderlein, 1930, Astroniwa McKnight, 2000, Astrophyton Fleming, 1828, Astroplegma Döderlein, 1927, Astrosierra Baker, 1980, Astrospartus Döderlein, 1911, Astrothamnus Matsumoto, 1915, Astrothorax Döderlein, 1911, Astrothrombus H.L. Clark, 1909a, Astrotoma Lyman, 1875, Astrozona Döderlein, 1930, Conocladus H.L. Clark, 1909b, Ophiocrene Bell, 1894, Ophiozeta Koehler, 1930, Schizostella A.H. Clark, 1952. Diagnosis Dorsal disc and arms with scales and plates, which bear thorny granules or spines. Girdles of small hyaline hooks on the arms. Arms branching or simple. All vertebrae without oral bridge. Gonads restricted to disc. Multiple teeth in irregular columns, dental plate entire. Arm spine articulation with slit-shaped muscle opening proximally bordered by vertical ridge, small nerve opening at a distance. : Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109 : {"references": ["Ljungman A. V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita. 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