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

Catalan: ofiura negra sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: black brittle star; black serpent star

French: ophiure noire sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: schwarzer Schlangenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Italian: stella fragile nera; stella serpentina nera sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

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

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

Spanish, Castillian: ofiura negra sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: sotormstjärna

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. 1789. Zoologia Danica seu Animalium Daniae et Norwegiae rariorum ac minus notorum. Descritiones et Historia [vol.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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiocomina nigra. 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:125027