Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Ophiodermatina > Family Ophiodermatidae > Subfamily Ophiodermatinae > Genus Ophioderma

Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophioderma*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asterias longicauda*	Bruzelius, 1805	synonym
*Ophiura laevis*	Lyman, 1865	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: estrella amb potes brunes sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: smooth brittle-star sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: ophiuire brune sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: stella serpentina liscia

Spanish, Castillian: ofiura lisa

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
status source	Stöhr, S., Boissin, E., Chenuil, A. (2009). Potential cryptic speciation in Mediterranean populations of Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 2071: 1-20.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications)
Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
GenBank (127 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophioderma longicauda. 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:124821