WoRMS taxon details
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
AphiaID: 125131
AphiaID: 125131
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothrix (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asteria cuvieri Delle Chiaje, 1828 (synonym) Asteria ferrussacii Delle Chiaje, 1828 (synonym) Asterias echinata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (synonym) Asterias fragilis Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789 (synonym) Asterias pentaphylla Pennant, 1777 (synonym) Asterias rubra Delle Chiaje, 18?? (synonym) Ophiocoma minuta Forbes, 1839 (synonym) Ophiocoma rosula Forbes, 1839 (synonym) Ophiothrix alba Grube, 1857 (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark (1915)) Ophiothrix alopecurus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym) Ophiothrix echinata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Ophiothrix ferussacii (Delle Chiaje, 18??) (synonym) Ophiothrix fragilis var. abildgaardi (synonym) Ophiothrix fragilis var. echinata Delle (synonym) Ophiothrix fragilis var. lusitanica Ljungman, 1872 (synonym) Ophiothrix fragilis var. pentaphyllum Pennant, 1777 (synonym) Ophiothrix lusitanica Ljungman, 1872 (synonym) Ophiothrix pentaphyllum (Abildgaard, 1789) Ophiothrix rammelsbergii Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym) Ophiothrix rubra Ljungman, 1872 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [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] additional source: 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: Clark, A.M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulluetin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Forbes, E. 1839. On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Society, 8, 1-114. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 1871, 28(5), 615-658. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Grube, E. 1857. Beschreibungen neuer oder weniger bekannter Seesterne und Seeigel. Akademie, 27, 1-50. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. (1921). Echinodermes. Faune de France, 1. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences, Paris. 216 pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Delle Chiaje S. 1823-1831. Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40484 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller, O.F. 1789. Zoologia Danica seu Animalium Daniae et Norwegiae rariorum ac minus notorum. Descritiones et Historia [vol.3], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Ophiothrix fragilis var. triglochis Müller & Troschel, 1842 Variety Ophiothrix fragilis var. abildgaardi accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) Variety Ophiothrix fragilis var. echinata Delle accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) Variety Ophiothrix fragilis var. lusitanica Ljungman, 1872 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) Variety Ophiothrix fragilis var. pentaphyllum Pennant, 1777 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details] Boulogne-sur-Mer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] British Isles [details] Calais [details] De Panne [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] English Channel (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] France (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Grevelingen [details] Helgoland [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kerkennah Islands [details] Knokke-Heist [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Coast of Norway [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] Norway (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] South Africa (country) [details] South Coast of Africa [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeland [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
suspension feeder [details]
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| Host of |
Thalestris longimana Claus, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Paranthessius anemoniae Claus, 1889 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Collocheres gracilicauda (Brady, 1880) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Thespesiopsyllus paradoxus (Sars G.O., 1913) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (266 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (479 nucleotides; 461 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Ophiopluteus larva. Spring - Summer [details] Distribution: Low intertidal to 150 m depth, under stones on the shore and often in dense aggregations offshore (see Warner, 1971 and Broom, 1975 for descriptions of behaviour) on rough and gravelly ground; common all round the British Isles in places with strong currents [details] Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Remark: In Subgenus: Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840. Type locality: Denmark. [details] Spelling: Ophiotrix [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789). 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=125131 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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