Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Euryalida > Family Gorgonocephalidae

Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819
Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): medusahoder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: medusahoder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: medusahoder

Norwegian Nynorsk: medusahovud

Nynorsk (Norwegian): medusahovud

Literature

original description	Leach W.E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. Vol. 2. R.P. Nodder, London.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Baker, A.N. (1980). Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(1) 1980: 11-83.
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

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External Links

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Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123586