Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Astrodendrum galapagense
Estrella de mar ofiuras, Sea star
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Euryalida
Family
Gorgonocephalidae
Genus
Astrodendrum
Species
galapagense
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Astrodendrum galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1916 unaccepted -mandatory change due to gender mismatch- (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
- Clark, A.H. (1916) One new starfish and five brittle stars from Galápagos Islands. Ann. and Mag. Natl. Hist., Ser 8, 18: 115-122.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Maluf, L.Y. (1991) Echinoderm Fauna of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 345-367.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Astrodendrum galapagense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20127. Accessed 5 November 2026.