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

*Ophidiaster*	L. Agassiz, 1836	accepted 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

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