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

Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiothrix*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	accepted genus name
*Ophionyx*	J. Müller & Troschel, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Asteria cuvieri*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Asterias echinata*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Asterias fragilis*	Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789	synonym
*Asterias pentaphylla*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Asterias rubra*	Delle Chiaje, 18??	synonym
*Ophiocoma minuta*	Forbes, 1839	synonym
*Ophiocoma rosula*	Forbes, 1839	synonym
*Ophiothrix alopecurus*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Ophiothrix ferussacii*	(Delle Chiaje, 18??)	synonym
*Ophiothrix lusitanica*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym
*Ophiothrix rammelsbergii*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Ophiothrix rubra*	Ljungman, 1872	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: krrabori i brishtë; yllgjarpëri i brishtë 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.

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

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

Dutch: brokkelster sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: common brittlestar 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.

English-United States: Common Brittlestar sources: Charles Hussey

French: ophiure á piquants; ophiure fragile; singe sources: 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.;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.

German: zerbrechlicher 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: skjørslangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: skjørslangestjerne sources: Zool. Daniae et Norvegiae 3: 28.

Norwegian Nynorsk: skjørslangestjerne sources: Zool. Daniae et Norvegiae 3: 28.

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

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

Swedish: taggormstjärna

Literature

basis of record	Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336.
additional source	Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp.
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	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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	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. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulluetin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (266 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GenBank (479 nucleotides; 461 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiothrix fragilis. 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:125131