Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Amphilepidida > Suborder Gnathophiurina > Superfamily Amphiuroidea > Family Amphiuridae > Genus Acrocnida

Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acrocnida*	Gislén, 1926	accepted genus name
*Amphiura (Acrocnida)*		synonym

Species group names

*Amphiocnida brachiata*	(Montagu, 1804)	synonym
*Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata*	(Montagu, 1804)	synonym
*Amphiura brachiata*	(Montagu, 1804)	synonym
*Amphiura neapolitana*	M. Sars, 1857	synonym
*Asterias brachiata*	Montagu, 1804	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ingegraven slangster

Swedish: strävbukig trådormstjärna

Literature

redescription	Stöhr, S.; Muths, D. (2010). Morphological diagnosis of the two genetic lineages of Acrocnida brachiata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) with description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biology Association U.K. published online. 10.
new combination reference	Gislén, T. 1926. On the generic types of the ophiurid genus Ophiocentrus Ljungman (Amphiocnida Verrill). Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar. Fjärde Följden, 30(6), 1-16.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804). 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:236130