WoRMS taxon details
Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
AphiaID: 125027
AphiaID: 125027
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocominae (Subfamily) > Ophiocomina (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterias nigra Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789 (synonym) Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) danae Mortensen, 1933 (synonym) Ophiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933 (synonym) Ophiacantha valenciennesi sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman (synonym) Ophiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839 (synonym) Ophiocoma nigru (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym) Ophiocoma nilssoni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym) Ophiocoma 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] 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: 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: Mortensen, T. 1933. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf Expedition, 4(8), 1-121, pls 1-3. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Forbes, E. 1839. On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Society, 8, 1-114. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. Videnskabelige Selskabets Forhandlinger 1871, 1-31. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Concarneau [details] Devon [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Irish Sea [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] Norway [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Roscoff [details] Shetlands [details] Sicily [details] South Coast of England [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of England [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Collocheres elegans A. Scott, 1896 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Cancerilla tubulata Dalyell, 1851 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 26 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: (Abildgaard, 1789) [details] 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789). 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=125027 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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