Ophiuroidea source details
Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) (additional source)
Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) securigera (Düben & Koren, 1846) (additional source)
Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843 (additional source)
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879 represented as Amphiura (Amphiura) incana Lyman, 1879 (additional source)
Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (additional source)
Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840) (additional source)
Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (additional source)
Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858) (additional source)
Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (additional source)
Ophiopsila annulosa (M. Sars, 1859) (additional source)
Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843 (additional source)
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (additional source)
Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873 (additional source)
Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839 (additional source)
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852) (additional source)
Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855 (additional source)
Arctic Ocean for Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
Arctic Ocean for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
Bay of Biscay for Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
British Isles for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
British Isles for Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
British Isles for Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
British Isles for Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
British Isles for Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1842
British Isles for Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
British Isles for Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
British Isles for Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
British Isles for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
British Isles for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
British Isles for Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858)
British Isles for Ophiopeltis securigera Düben & Koren, 1846
British Isles for Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
British Isles for Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
British Isles for Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
British Isles for Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
British Isles for Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
British Isles for Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brittany for Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
Danish Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Devon for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Devon for Ophiopeltis securigera Düben & Koren, 1846
English Channel for Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
Galway Bay for Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
Galway Bay for Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843
Iceland for Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Irish Sea for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Irish Sea for Ophiopeltis securigera Düben & Koren, 1846
Les Miniquiers for Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843
Mediterranean Sea for Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
Mediterranean Sea for Ophiopsila annulosa (M. Sars, 1859)
Mediterranean Sea for Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843
Mediterranean Sea for Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Moroccan part of the Alboran Sea for Ophiopsila annulosa (M. Sars, 1859)
North East Atlantic for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
North East Atlantic for Amphiura chiajei Forbes, 1843
North East Atlantic for Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
North East Atlantic for Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
North East Atlantic for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
North East Atlantic for Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858)
North East Atlantic for Ophiopeltis securigera Düben & Koren, 1846
North East Atlantic for Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843
North East Atlantic for Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
North East Atlantic for Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
North East Atlantic for Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
North East Coast of England for Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
North Pacific for Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
North Pacific for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
North Scotland for Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
North Sea for Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
North West Atlantic for Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
North West Atlantic for Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
North West Atlantic for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Northern North Pacific for Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
Northern North Pacific for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone for Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Orkney Islands for Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plymouth for Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
Plymouth for Ophiopsila annulosa (M. Sars, 1859)
Plymouth for Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
Scandinavia for Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Shetland Islands for Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Shetlands for Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Shetlands for Ophiopeltis securigera Düben & Koren, 1846
Shetlands for Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
South Africa (country) for Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
West Africa for Amphiura incana Lyman, 1879
West Ireland for Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
West Ireland for Ophiopsila annulosa (M. Sars, 1859)
Hermaphrodite, possibly self-fertilising, viviparous. May-September? [details]
Eggs, attached to genital pinnules, hatch to barrel-shaped ciliated larva; settlement stage is pentacrinoid. All ... [details]
Eggs, shed freely, larvae and pentacrinoid as in A. bifida. [details]
Planktonic bipinnaria and brachilaria larva. Summer [details]
Protandrous hermaphrodite; eggs are laid in creviices, but are not brooded. Summer [details]
Simultaneous hermaphrodite. Eggs are laid in masses and are brooded for three weeks under the humped body. May-June. [details]
Large eggs, probably direct development [details]
Echinopluteus larva. Summer - autumn [details]
Eggs released, larvae not known. Juveniles of the Arctic species G. eucnemis are known to live on, or in, the ... [details]
Lecithotrophic, probaly planktonic larva. Spring [details]
Auricularia larva. Summer [details]
Viviparous, can contain several developing young [details]
Hermaphrodite. Planktonic brachiloraia larva. Spring - summer [details]
Large eggs, probable direct development [details]
Ophiopluteus larva. Summer [details]
Ophiopluteus larva. Spring - Summer [details]
Echinopluteus larva. Spring to autumn [details]
Non-feeding barrel-shaped red larva. February - March [details]
Echinopluteus larva. January to May [details]
Echinopluteus larva. February to May [details]
Intertidal to more than 200 m depth. Common along algae in tidepools and damp places , and under stones in gravel, ... [details]
From the intertidal to about 40 m depth, deeply buried in sand or muddy sand, with some of the arm tips reaching ... [details]
In depths of 50 to more than 200 m, burrowing in sand or muddy sand, all round the British Isles, but rare in the ... [details]
From 5 to more than 200 m depth, in muddy sand or mud, all round the British Isles, except, possibly, the southeast [details]
At about 10 to 20 m depth, in sand, Galway Bay (Ireland) and Plymouth (southwest England); probably overlooked elsewhere [details]
In depths of 10 to 500 m, on gravel, sand, mud and ocassionally rock; English Channel, Irish Sea, rare off western ... [details]
SW Iceland to the Faroe Islands and Scandinavia (Trondhjemsfjord S along the Norwegian and W Swedish coasts to ... [details]
Low intertidal to about 30 m depth,under stones and in crevices; in the Channel Islands and along the western ... [details]
Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles [details]
From the lower shore to about 125 m depth, on rocky shores, under overhangs, under stones and in rock pools, ... [details]
Occurs in large, deep, high-level rock pools on fairly exposed shores; less common in lower pools and sublittoral. ... [details]
In more than 100 m depth, clinging to sea pens and gorgonians towards the edge of the continental shelf and in some ... [details]
Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth; lives buried in sand or muddy sand, all around the British Isles except for ... [details]
In depths of more than 130 m, on gravel, stones and coral, to the north and west ofo the British Isles [details]
From low intertidal to more than 200 m depth, mainly on coarse sand and gravel, all round the British Isles [details]
From low intertidal to more than 200 m depth, among rocks, stones and seaweed; northern Scotland, Orkeny, Shetland and ... [details]
Not known at the present from the British Isles but may be expected to arrive in southern England and Ireland. ... [details]
Lower shore and subtidal to 200 m depth, burrowing in sand or muddy sand, all round the British Isles. Apparently ... [details]
From low on shore to 150 m depth, burrowing in coarse sand or fine shell gravel, around western coasts from the ... [details]
Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth, in coarse sand and fine gravel, common all around British Isles [details]
Deeper than 200 m, on stones and gravel. Vars flemingii and norvegicus occur in the western Channel, off western ... [details]
A deep water species, found occasionally between 100 and 200 m near the edge of the continental shelf to the west ... [details]
From low intertidal, but mainly in the sublittoral zone, down to 40 m depth, occasionally deeper, on rocks, stones ... [details]
At the edge of the continental shelf in depths of 130 m to 200 m, to the west of Ireland and around Shetland [details]
Not recorded from British waters, but likely to occur in the North Sea, Shetland and Orkney. Sublittoral to 100 m depth. [details]
In depths of more than 150 m, on rough ground where currents are strong, off northern Scotland, the Orkneys and ... [details]
Juveniles are known to live on, or in, the polyps of alvyonarians (Patent, 1970) [details]
The commonest species of Henricia around the British Isles, occuring from low intertidal to at least 50 m depth, on ... [details]
In depths of 20 to more than 200 m, northern North Sea and possibly Shetland [details]
In depths of more than 100 m in the northern North Sea and near Shetland, possibly extending as far south as Biscay. [details]
From low intertidal to 50 m depth, typical of the algal zone. British distribution not completely known, but it ... [details]