WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843
AphiaID: 125049
AphiaID: 125049
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiopsilinae (Subfamily) > Ophiopsila (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Ophiopsila Forbes, 1843 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiopsila Forbes, 1843 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ophianoplus marmoreus M. Sars, 1859 (synonymized by Ludwig (1879)) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Forbes. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153. [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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Ludwig, H. 1879. Die Echinodermen des Mittelmeeres. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 1, 523-580. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna. Nyt Magasin för Naturvidenskaberne. 1857, 10: 1-99, 2 pls., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/nytmagazinfornat10phys#page/n1/mode/2up [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Adriatic Sea [details] Algeria [details] Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] English Channel [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] Galway Bay [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Les Miniquiers [details] Lossini [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Naples [details] North East Atlantic [details] Plymouth [details] Roscoff [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Mature in summer [details] Distribution: At 20 to 30 m depth, crevice-living; apparently rare, found near Plymouth (Devon), Galway (Ireland) and Les Minquiers (Channel Islands) but probably overlookeed elsewhere [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125049 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843. 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=125049 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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