Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Gnathophiurina > Family Ophiocomidae > Subfamily Ophiocominae > Genus Ophiocomina

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

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiocomina*	Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asterias nigra*	Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789	synonym
*Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) danae*	Mortensen, 1933	synonym
*Ophiacantha danae*	Mortensen, 1933	synonym
*Ophiacantha valenciennesi*	sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman	synonym
*Ophiocoma granulata*	Forbes, 1839	synonym
*Ophiocoma nigru*	(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)	synonym
*Ophiocoma nilssoni*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Ophiocoma raschi*	G.O. Sars, 1872	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: schwarzer Schlangenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: svartslangestjerne sources: Zool. Daniae et Norvegiae 3: 20.

Norwegian Nynorsk: svartslangestjerne sources: Zool. Daniae et Norvegiae 3: 20.

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

Swedish: sotormstjärna

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. 1789. Zoologica Danica. , 3.
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	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2011). Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789). In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2011). World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125027