Name - Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman 1867

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

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Variants and Synonyms

• Gorgonocephalidae

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Molecular phylogeny based on increased number of species and genes revealed more robust family-level systematics of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea).
• Description of a New Subfamily, Astrocloninae (Ophiuroidea: Euryalida: Gorgonocephalidae), Based on Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Observations.
• Fossil gorgonocephalid basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalida) from the Middle Pleistocene of Japan; the first record from the Indo-Pacific region.
• Annotated checklist for the Gorgonocephalidae family (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the National Echinoderm Collection 'Dra. Ma. E. Caso M.' of the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, UNAM.
• Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions.

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