WoRMS taxon details
Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
AphiaID: 125110
AphiaID: 125110
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family) > Ophiactis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiactis Lütken, 1856 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphiura balli M. Sars, 1861 Ophiocoma balli W. Thomson, 1840 (synonym) Ophiocoma goodsiri Forbes, 1840 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] original description (from synonym): Thompson, Wyville. 1840. On the mollusca of Irelund. Annals of natural history, 5, 99-100. [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [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 | Atlantic Coast of France [details] British Isles [details] Canaries [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Faroe Islands [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] Norway [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Coast of England [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of England [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland PlanktonNet Image To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Ophiopluteus larva. Summer [details] Distribution: In depths of 30 to more than 200 m, in crevices in rocks, stones, shells, worm tubes, etc. often with Ophiopholis aculeata. Common oof the south, west and northeast coasts of the British Isles [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125110 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840). 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=125110 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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