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Gomophia aegyptiaca Gray 1840

  • 1. Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 avenue F. D. Roosevelt, B- 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium) and Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, B- 7000 Mons (Belgium) michel. jangoux @ telenet. be

Description

zodiacalis Müller & Troschel, 1842, Scytaster

Scytaster zodiacalis Müller & Troschel, 1842: 35.

Gomophia aegyptiaca ‒ Clark 1993: 353.

CURRENT STATUS. — Gomophia aegyptiaca Gray, 1840.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Unknown origin • Holotype; MNHN-IE-2014-53.

REMARK

Gomophia aegyptiaca occurs in the whole Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

Notes

Published as part of Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, pp. 259-334 in Zoosystema 44 (11) on pages 324-325, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ophidiasteridae
Genus
Gomophia
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
MNHN-IE-2014-53
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Species
aegyptiaca
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Gomophia aegyptiaca Gray, 1840 sec. Jangoux, 2022

References

  • MULLER J. & TROSCHEL H. 1842. - System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, 134 p.
  • CLARK A. M. 1993. - An index of recent Asteroidea. Part 2: Valvatida, in JANGOUX M. & LAWRENCE J. M. (eds) Echinoderm Studies, vol. 4, Balkema, Rotterdam: 187 - 366.