Kingdom Animalia Class Ophiuroidea Suborder Euryalina Rank Species | Phylum Echinodermata Order Phrynophiurida Family Gorgonocephalidae | |
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Similar Gorgonocephalus, Gorgonocephalidae, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis, Basket star, Solaster endeca | ||
Gorgonocephalus arcticus is a species of basket star in the class Ophiuroidea. The genus name comes from the Greek, gorgós meaning "dreaded" and cephalus meaning "head", and refers to the similarity between these echinoids and the Gorgon's head from Greek myth with its coiled serpents for hair.
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