WoRMS taxon details
Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
AphiaID: 125193
AphiaID: 125193
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Amphiura (Genus) > Amphiura (Acrocnida) (Subgenus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (unsupported synonymization) | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Amphiura (Acrocnida) accepted as Acrocnida Gislén, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] West Coast of England [details] West Coast of Ireland [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Yolky eggs. Spring [details] Distribution: From the intertidal to about 40 m depth, deeply buried in sand or muddy sand, with some of the arm tips reaching the surface. Common in some sheltered bays on western coasts. Present all round the British Isles, though only below 17 m depth in the North Sea [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125193 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804). 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=125193 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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