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Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843

125049  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125049)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Ophiopsilina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiopsiloidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiopsilidae (Family)
  13. Ophiopsila (Genus)
  14. Ophiopsila aranea (Species)
accepted
Species
Ophianoplus marmoreus M. Sars, 1859 · unaccepted (synonymized by Ludwig (1879))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153. [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution At 20 to 30 m depth, crevice-living; apparently rare, found near Plymouth (Devon), Galway (Ireland) and Les Minquiers...  
Distribution At 20 to 30 m depth, crevice-living; apparently rare, found near Plymouth (Devon), Galway (Ireland) and Les Minquiers (Channel Islands) but probably overlookeed elsewhere [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopsila aranea Forbes, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125049 on 2024-11-11
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ophianoplus marmoreus M. Sars, 1859) Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemærkninger fra Italien. (2den Afhandling). <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 10(1): 57-155, 2 pls., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/nytmagazinfornat10phys#page/n1/mode/2up [details] 

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Breeding Mature in summer [details]

Distribution At 20 to 30 m depth, crevice-living; apparently rare, found near Plymouth (Devon), Galway (Ireland) and Les Minquiers (Channel Islands) but probably overlookeed elsewhere [details]
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Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophianoplus marmoreus M. Sars, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopsila aranea) 
To Genbank 
To PESI (from synonym Ophianoplus marmoreus M. Sars, 1859)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) 
To ITIS
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