Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Euryophiurida > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Family Ophiuridae > Subfamily Ophiurinae > Genus Ophiura

Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiura*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Ophioglypha*	Lyman, 1860	synonym
*Ophioglyphina*	Ludwig, 1886	synonym
*Ophiozea*	A.H. Clark, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Ophiolepis robusta*	Ayres, 1852	synonym
*Ophiura fasciculata*	Forbes, 1852	synonym
*Ophiura squamosa*	Lütken, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: nordlig slangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: nordleg slangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: mindre fransormstjärna

Literature

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.
additional source	Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S. (2011). Lateral arm plate morphology in brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): new perspectives for ophiuroid micropalaeontology and classification. Zootaxa. 3013, 1-47.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Gosner, 1977
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124933