Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophiacanthida > Suborder Ophiacanthina > Family Ophiotomidae > Genus Ophiocomina

Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiocomina*	Koehler in Mortensen, 1920	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ophiocoma nigru*	(Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)	orthographic variant
*Asterias nigra*	Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789	synonym
*Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) danae*	Mortensen, 1933	synonym
*Ophiacantha danae*	Mortensen, 1933	synonym
*Ophiocoma granulata*	Forbes, 1839	synonym
*Ophiocoma nilssoni*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Ophiocoma raschi*	G.O. Sars, 1873	synonym
*Ophiacantha valenciennesi*	sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman	misapplied name; nom. nud.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: ofiura negra sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: black brittle star; black serpent star

French: ophiure noire sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: schwarzer Schlangenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Italian: stella fragile nera; stella serpentina nera sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

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

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

Spanish, Castillian: ofiura negra sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: sotormstjärna

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	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.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789). 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:125027