WoRMS taxon details

Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)

125027  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125027)

accepted
Species
Ophiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiacantha valenciennesi sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman · uncertain > nomen dubium (synonym, misapplication)
Ophiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiocoma nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) · unaccepted (synonym acc. to Mortensen (1927))
Ophiocoma nigru (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) · unaccepted (most likely a spelling error of...)  
most likely a spelling error of uncertain origin
Ophiocoma raschi G.O. Sars, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiothrix granulata (Johnston, 1935) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiura granulata Johnston, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Asterias nigra Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) Müller O. F. (1789). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen tertium: pp. [1-2], 1-71, pls. 81-120. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794331
page(s): 20 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution Sublittoral to about 100 m depth, on coarse sand and gravel around western coasts of the British Isles from Devon to...  
Distribution Sublittoral to about 100 m depth, on coarse sand and gravel around western coasts of the British Isles from Devon to Shetland, including the Irish Sea, and down the norheast coast to Northumberland. Otherwise absent from the North Sea [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125027 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
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original description  (of Asterias nigra Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) Müller O. F. (1789). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen tertium: pp. [1-2], 1-71, pls. 81-120. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794331
page(s): 20 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Ophiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933) Mortensen, T. (1933). Ophiuroidea. <em>The Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 4(8), 1-121, pls 1-3. [details]   

original description  (of Ophiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839) Forbes, E. (1839). On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Society.</em> 8: 114-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485580 [details]   

original description  (of Ophiocoma nilssoni Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Ophiocoma raschi G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Ophiura granulata Johnston, 1935) Johnston, G. (1835). Illustrations in British Zoology. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 8: 594-596.
page(s): 595-596 [details]   

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 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]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Authority Massin & De Ridder mention (Müller, 1776) as authority instead of (Abildgaard, 1789). [details]

Breeding Ophiopluteus larva. Summer [details]

Distribution Sublittoral to about 100 m depth, on coarse sand and gravel around western coasts of the British Isles from Devon to Shetland, including the Irish Sea, and down the norheast coast to Northumberland. Otherwise absent from the North Sea [details]
LanguageName 
Catalan ofiura negra  [details]
English black serpent starblack brittle star  [details]
French ophiure noire  [details]
German schwarzer Schlangenstern  [details]
Italian stella serpentina nerastella fragile nera  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål svartslangestjerne  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk svartslangestjerne  [details]
Spanish ofiura negra  [details]
Swedish sotormstjärna  [details]