WoRMS taxon details
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 124929
AphiaID: 124929
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily) > Ophiura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterias ciliata O.F. Müller, 1776 Asterias ophiura Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Ophioglypha texturata (Lamarck, 1816) Ophiura ciliaris Lamarck, 1816 (synonym) Ophiura ciliata (Bruzelius in Retzius, 1783) non (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym) Ophiura textura (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym and misspelling) Ophiura texturata Lamarck, 1816 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Lamarck, J.B. de. 1816. Ordre Second. Radiaires Échinodermes. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 2, 522-568. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Leloup, E. (1952). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 19. Observation sur la crevette grise au large de la côte belge en 1949 [Contribution to the study on the Belgian fauna: 19. Observation on the brown shrimp along the Belgian coast in 1949]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 18(1): 1-28 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Harms, J. , 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 253 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Coast (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] De Haan [details] De Panne (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Helgoland [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kerkennah Islands [details] Knokke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Lombardsijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madeira [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Coast of Norway [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oosterschelde [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Parartotrogus richardi T. & A. Scott, 1893 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Ophiopluteus larva. Summer [details] Description: Brittle stars consist of a central disk clearly separated from the slender, very agile and also very strong arms. Ophiura ophiura is very similar to Ophiura albida and can only be distinguished from this species by the presence of pores between the arm plates. The top is reddish to orange-brown; the bottom side is dirty white. [details] Distribution: In both periods Ophiura ophiura was found to occur in the near-coastal zone, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. The species always reached low densities, with a maximum of 20 ind./m2 in the 1976-1986 period and a maximum of 50 ind./m2 in the 1994-2001 period. [details] Distribution: Low intertidal to more than 200 m, on sand or muddy sand, all round the British Isles [details] Habitat: Ophiura ophiura is found in fine to medium-grained sediments (median grain size: 150-500 μm) with an optimum in sediments with a grain size of 150-200 μm (relative occurrence: > 20%). The species clearly prefers sediments with a mud content of 30-40% (relative occurrence: 60%). [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124929 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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