North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)

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AphiaID

124978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124978)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842

Original name

Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805

Synonymised names

Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiacantha groenlandica Müller & Troschel, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiacantha hibernica Farran, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Asterias bidentata 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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124978 on 2026-05-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124978 on 2026-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-12-10 09:22:09Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description (of Asterias bidentata 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 [details]

original description (of Ophiacantha groenlandica Müller & Troschel, 1844) Müller, J.; Troschel , F. H. (1844). Beschreibung neuer Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 10(1), 178-185., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7088953#page/186/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Ophiacantha hibernica Farran, 1913) Farran, G.P. 1913. The deep-water Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea of the West Coast of Ireland. Department of Agriculture and technical instruction for Ireland, fisheries branch, scientific investigations 1912, 6, 1-66. [details]

original description (of Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors

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]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Gosner, 1977 [details]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

additional source BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. [details]

additional 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]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]