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

Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gorgonocephalus*	Leach, 1815	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Astrophyton agassizi*	Stimpson, 1854	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: northern basket star

Literature

original description	Leach, W.E. 1819. Descriptions des nouvelles espèces d’Animaux découvertes par le vaisseau Isabelle dans un voyage au pôle boréal. Journal de Physique, de Chimie 88: 462-467.
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	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819. 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:124966