Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Ophidiasteridae > Genus Ophidiaster

Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OphidiasterL. Agassiz, 1836accepted genus name

Species group names

Asterias ophidiana de Lamarck, 1816 synonym
Ophidiaster aurantius Gray, 1840 synonym
Ophidiaster canariensis Greeff, 1872 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: yll deti i purpur; ylli krahëgjarpër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Catalan: estrella porprada sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Italian: stella serpente
 Spanish, Castillian: estrella púrpura

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

Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Ophidiaster ophidianus. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124101

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-12-25 by Christopher Mah

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