Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Gnathophiurina > 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

*Asterias brachiata*	Montagu, 1804	basionym
*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

additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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 Aug 2009.
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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (373 nucleotides; 350 proteins)
Barcode of Life (350 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804). 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:236130