WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
125125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125125)
accepted
Species
Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted
Ophiocoma bellis (Fleming, 1828) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911 · unaccepted (this is Clark's typical form, not...)
this is Clark's typical form, not a new subspecies
Ophiopholis bellis (Forbes, 1828) · unaccepted
Ophiopholis scolopendrica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination (junior synonym)
Ophiura bellis Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata japonica Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879 (recognized on species level)
- Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata kennerlyi (Lyman, 1860) accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860 (synonym)
- Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (this is Clark's typical form, not a new subspecies)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Distribution Circumpolar
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod
Distribution Common on the lower shore and sublittoral region of the northern coast of British Isles and down to at least 100 m depth...
Distribution Circumpolar [details]
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [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...
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]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125125 on 2024-12-11
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original description
(of Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]
original description (of Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880) Duncan, P. M. (1880). On a Synthetic Type of Ophiurid from the North Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 15(82): 73-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1880.tb00342.x [details]
original description (of Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911) Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Ophiura bellis Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. <em>National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S.</em> 24119: 366 PP. [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880) Duncan, P. M. (1880). On a Synthetic Type of Ophiurid from the North Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 15(82): 73-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1880.tb00342.x [details]
original description (of Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911) Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Ophiura bellis Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. <em>National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S.</em> 24119: 366 PP. [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Breeding Ophiopluteus larva [details]Distribution Circumpolar [details]
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Ubiquitous brittle starDaisy brittle starcrevice brittlestar | [details] |
| French | ophiure pâquerette | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒナギククモヒトデ | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kameleonslangestjerne | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kameleonslangestjerne | [details] |
| Russian | Офиофолис колючий | [details] |
| Swedish | mosaikormstjärna | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (94 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (236 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Ophiocoma bellis (Fleming, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopholis aculeata)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473846)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiocoma bellis (Fleming, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880)
To The Arctic Traits Database (24 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (837 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 070592)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (94 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (236 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Ophiocoma bellis (Fleming, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopholis aculeata)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473846)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiocoma bellis (Fleming, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Ophiolepis scolopendrica Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880)
To The Arctic Traits Database (24 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (837 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 070592)
To ITIS
