IRMNG - Asteromyzostomidae

IRMNG taxon details

Asteromyzostomidae

IRMNG_ID

108349 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:108349)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Myzostomida

Synonymised names

Asteriomyzostomidae · unaccepted

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Genus Asteromyzostomum Wagin, 1954

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Asteromyzostomidae. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108349 on 2024-06-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-20 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

basis of record Grygier 2000 [details]

extant flag source Grygier, 2000 [details]

habitat flag source Grygier, M. 2000. Class Myzostomida. Pp. 297-329 in: Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B., and Glasby, C.J. (eds) Polychaetes and Allies: the Southern Synthesis. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. [details]

From other sources

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Myzostomida (Order) > Asteromyzostomidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info myzostome worms, obligate endosymbionts of echinoderms especially crinoids [details]