North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805)

Ophioderma longicauda

AphiaID

124821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124821)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (wrong ending due to confusion about gender of Ophioderma)

Accepted name

Ophioderma longicaudum (Bruzelius, 1805)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840

Original name

Asterias longicauda Bruzelius, 1805

Synonymised names

Asterias longicauda Bruzelius, 1805 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiura laevis Lyman, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Asterias longicauda Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
note: Decision on authorship by Stöhr et al. (2009) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124821 on 2026-04-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124821 on 2026-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2008-06-26 13:49:44Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2020-02-14 09:22:38Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description (of Asterias longicauda Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
note: Decision on authorship by Stöhr et al. (2009) [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription Stöhr, S.; Weber, A. A.-T.; Boissin, E.; Chenuil, A. (2020). Resolving the Ophioderma longicauda (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) cryptic species complex: five sisters, three of them new. European Journal of Taxonomy. 600: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.600
page(s): 8 [details]

status source Stöhr, S.; Boissin, E.; Chenuil, A. (2009). Potential cryptic speciation in Mediterranean populations of Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa. 2071: 1-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2071.1.1 [details]