Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Chilophiurina > Family Ophiuridae > Subfamily Ophiurinae > Genus Ophiura

Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1854)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

Ophiolepis robusta Ayres, 1854 synonym
Ophiura fasciculata Forbes, 1854 synonym
Ophiura squamosa Lütken, 1859 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): nordlig slangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: nordlig slangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: nordlig slangestjerne sources: Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 134
 Norwegian Nynorsk: nordleg slangestjerne sources: Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 134
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): nordleg slangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: mindre fransormstjärna

Literature

original description

Ayres, W. O. 1854. Descriptions of new species of Ophiuridae. Proceedings Boston Society Natural History, 4, 133-135, 248-250.

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

Gosner, 1977

additional source

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

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

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

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

North East Atlantic Taxa

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
Barcode of Life
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1854). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea 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:124933

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2011-05-06 by Sabine Stöhr

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