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Gorgonocephalus eucnemis Common Basket Star

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis is commonly referred to as Common Basket Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Gorgonocephalus eucnemis,Port McNeill, BC, Canada 2025


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lexID:
17597 
AphiaID:
124969 
Scientific:
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis 
German:
Gewöhnliches Gorgonenhaupt 
English:
Common Basket Star 
Category:
Brittle stars 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Gorgonocephalus (Genus) > eucnemis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Müller & Troschel, ), 1842 
Occurrence:
Zirkumpolar, Alaska , Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bering Sea, British Columbia, California, Canada Western Atlantic, Chukchi Sea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Japan, Laptev Sea, Mexico (East Pacific), North-West-Atlantic, Norway, the Faroe Islands, USA 
Marine Zone:
Hemipelagial
Lightless depth range of 800 - 2400 meters 
Sea depth:
8 - 2000 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
11.81" - 19.69" (30cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
3,5 °F - 46.4 °F (3,5°C - 8°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Copepods, Detritus, Fether stars, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-21 10:32:35 

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Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis is a species of basket star in the class Ophiuroidea. It is found in circumpolar marine environments in the Northern Hemisphere.

Feeds on planctonic food.

Synonymised names
Astrophyton caryi Lyman, 1860 · unaccepted
Astrophyton eucnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astrophyton malmgreni Danielssen & Koren, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astrophyton stimpsoni Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted
Gorgonocephalus caryi (Lyman, 1860) · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonocephalus japonicus Döderlein, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonocephalus malmgreni (Danielssen & Koren, 1877) · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonocephalus stimpsoni (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) and Bursal Ventilation (en). Abgerufen am 12.07.2025.
  2. Invertebrate of Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 12.07.2025.
  3. New record of the basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae) at the Pacific coast of Mexico (en). Abgerufen am 21.09.2025.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 12.07.2025.
  5. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 12.07.2025.

Pictures

Juvenile

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis,Mount Waddington, BC, Canada 2023

Commonly

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis,Mount Waddington, BC, Canada 2023
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis,Port McNeill, BC, Canada 2025
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis,Port McNeill 2025

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