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 aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911 (this is Clark's typical form, not a new subspecies)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 japonica (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata kennerlyi (Lyman, 1860) accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean [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) Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part] [details]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 Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (223 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 54 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To 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 2014-03-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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