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

Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Asterias ophiura*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Ophioderma lacertosum*	(Lamarck, 1801)	synonym
*Ophiura ciliaris*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Ophiura ciliata*	(Bruzelius in Retzius, 1783) non (O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Ophiura lacertosa*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Ophiura texturata*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: serpent star sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

French: ophiure; ophiure rose sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Degraer S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe & M. Vincx (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

German: Schlangenstern sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Norwegian: gråbrun slangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gråbrun slangestjerne sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10

Norwegian Nynorsk: gråbrun slangestjerne sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10

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

Swedish: brungrå fransormstjärna

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:124929