Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861) 
AphiaID: 125109

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 abyssicola M. Sars, 1861 (synonym) Ophiactis abyssicola cuspidata Lyman, 1879 (synonym) Ophiactis corallicola Koehler, 1895 (synonym) Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879 (synonym) Ophiactis echinata Koehler, 1898 (synonym) Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879 (synonym) Ophiactis symbiota H.L. Clark, 1916
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] basis of record: 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: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1896. Note preliminaire sur les Ophiures des premières campagnes de la “Princesse Alice”. Mem. Soc. zool. France, 9, 241-253. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1895. Dragages profonds executes a bord du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rapport préliminaire sur le Échinodermes. Revue biologique du Nord de la France 7: 439-496., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/revuebiologiqued07lill page(s): 460 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology 62 (6): 263-338, 8 pl.. page(s): 304 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 6(2), 17-83, 10 pl. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1898. Echinoides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Nueve). Résultats des Campagnes scientifiques par Prince Albert I, Monaco, 12, 1-78, 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18768#page/7/mode/1up [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies. starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Biological Results of the Fishing experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914, 4(1), 1-123. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Swedish grovfjällig korallormstjärna  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Ophiactis abyssicola cuspidata Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		type locality: Bay of Biscay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] South Coast of Africa [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Ireland [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Remark: Syntypes undetermied. Type locality: Norway in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976), but unknown in Rowe & Gates (1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125109
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125109 on 2013-05-19