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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) 
AphiaID: 125027

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiuroidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiurida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiurina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocomidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocominae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocomina (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterias nigra Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiacantha (Ophiotreta) danae Mortensen, 1933 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiacantha valenciennesi sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocoma nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym acc. to Mortensen (1927))
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocoma nigru (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) (most likely a spelling error of uncertain origin)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocoma nilssoni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOphiocoma raschi G.O. Sars, 1872 (synonym)
Sources  original description Müller, O.F. 1789. Zoologia Danica seu Animalium Daniae et Norwegiae rariorum ac minus notorum. Descritiones et Historia [vol.3], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499 [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorofiura negra  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorblack serpent starUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorblack brittle star  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorophiure noire  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorschwarzer Schlangenstern  [details]
Italian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorstella serpentina neraUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorstella fragile nera  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsvartslangestjerne  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsvartslangestjerne  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorofiura negra  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsotormstjärna  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Bay of Biscay
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConcarneau [details]
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRoscoff [details]
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Sea [details]
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSicily [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth East Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorShetlands [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth Sea [details]
Norway
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorway [details]
United Kingdom
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Isles [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDevon [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Coast of England [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWest Coast of England [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: detritus feeder [details]
omnivore [details]
scavenger [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCollocheres elegans A. Scott, 1896 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCancerilla tubulata Dalyell, 1851 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEncyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMarine Life Information Network - UK 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (7 nucleotides; 26 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAuthority Massin & De Ridder mention (Müller, 1776) as authority instead of (Abildgaard, 1789). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBreeding Ophiopluteus larva. Summer [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution 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]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125027
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiocomina nigra. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125027 on 2014-07-11
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