WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) AphiaID: 125125
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family) > Ophiopholis (Genus)
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| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767Ophiocoma bellis ?Forbes, 1839 (synonym)Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)Ophiopholis bellis (Forbes, 1839?)Polypholis echinata Duncan, 18?? (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] [show all] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911 (taxon inquirendum)Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata kennerlyi (Lyman, 1860) accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean [details]Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part] [details]Bay of Fundy Cobscook Bay [details]Canada Saguenay Fjord [details]Gulf of Saint Lawrence Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]Manicouagan [details]St. Lawrence Estuary [details]North Atlantic Ocean European waters (ERMS scope) [details]Gulf of Maine [details]Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]North East Atlantic [details]North West Atlantic [details]United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]North Pacific Ocean North Pacific [details]North Sea Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]German Bight [details]North Sea [details]Norway West Coast of Norway [details]United Kingdom British Isles [details](no group) Scandinavia [details]Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Thalestris longimana Claus, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Thespesiopsyllus paradoxus (Sars G.O., 1913) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and IrelandMarine Life Information Network - UKTo Barcode of Life (38 barcodes)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (223 publications)To DyntaxaTo Encyclopedia of LifeTo GenBank (40 nucleotides; 54 proteins)To Marine Species Identification PortalTo PESITo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata CollectionTo ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | From other sources
Breeding Ophiopluteus larva [details]Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]Distribution Circumpolar [details]Distribution Common on the lower shore and sublittoral region of the northern coast of British Isles and down to at least 100 m depth off western coasts; absent from the English Channel and southern North Sea [details]Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Images | [show unreviewed] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125125 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=125125 on 2013-12-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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