WoRMS taxon details
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
AphiaID: 125080
AphiaID: 125080
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphiura Forbes, 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphiodia ascia Mortensen, 1936 Asterias filiformis O.F. Müller, 1776 (synonym) Ophiocoma filiformis (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [full text]
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: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports 12:109-348, pls. 1-9. (iii-1936). (Copepoda: 332)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28331#page/215/mode/1up [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Adriatic Sea [details] Atlantic Coast of France [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Dunkerque [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Faroe Islands [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Helgoland [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Italy [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] Norway [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tunis Gulf [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1211 nucleotides; 11 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: The larvae of A. filiformis are found throughout the summer from July to October. A. filiformis belongs to the long-lived species with relatively fast growth in the juvenile stage followed by a much slower growing adult phase. Its life span may be up to 20 years (Mortensen, 1927; Buchanan, 1964; O'Conner et al., 1983; Gage, 1990). A. filiformis burrows about 5 cm into the substrate. The species must reach a certain size to be able to burrow down into the sediment for it must, using its serpentine arms, keep contact with the sediment surface (O'Conner et al., 1983; Gage, 1990). The arms of the brittle star have three main functions: ventilation and respiration, transport of sediment and waste materials out of the burrow, and collection and transport of food (Ockelmann & Muus, 1978). A. filiformis is a suspension feeder, collecting mixed micro-plankton, resuspended bottom material and detritus. The animals extend their arms into the surrounding water, filtering part [details] Biology: This species is luminescent emitting a blue light. [details] Breeding: Ophiopluteus larva. Summer [details] Distribution: A. filiformis is very abundant in the area of the Oyster Ground, north of the 30 m isobath, with the highest biomass in the western part of the Frisian Front area. The species is not present in the sandy Southern Bight and is scarce at the Dogger Bank. In the Dutch sector of the North Sea A. filiformis lives in very fine sand with a mean mud content of 11 %. This is in agreement with other investigations, which found high-density populations in muddy deposits (Buchanan, 1964; Woodley,1975; O'Conner et al., 1983; Gage, 1990; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details] Distribution: From 5 to more than 200 m depth, in muddy sand or mud, all round the British Isles, except, possibly, the southeast [details] Morphology: The disk of A. filiformis is covered with scales on the dorsal side only, leaving the ventral side naked. The diameter of disk can be up to 8-10 mm. The long, fine arms are about ten times longer than the diameter of the disk. lts colour is reddish- or greyish-brown (Mortensen, 1927; Southward, 1972; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125080 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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=125080 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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