WoRMS taxon details
Asterophilia Hanley, 1989
324909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324909)
accepted
Genus
Asterophilia carlae Hanley, 1989 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 26-27 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 26-27 [details] Available for editors [request]
Etymology Named for the association with a Linckia asteroid. Author: "generic name refers to the relationship between the polynoid...
Etymology Named for the association with a Linckia asteroid. Author: "generic name refers to the relationship between the polynoid and its asteroid host, from the Greek aster (star) and phile (love)." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Asterophilia Hanley, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324909 on 2024-11-21
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Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 26-27 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 26-27 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology Named for the association with a Linckia asteroid. Author: "generic name refers to the relationship between the polynoid and its asteroid host, from the Greek aster (star) and phile (love)." [details]