Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,869 meters (0 to -15,974 feet).Mean = -129.380 meters (-424.475 feet), Standard Deviation = 627.890 based on 801 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Echinoderms
- Class:
Ophiuroidea
()
- Order:
Ophiurida
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
()
- Genus:
Ophiura
()
- Lamarck, 1816
- Specific name:
affinis
- Schoenherr, 1838
- Scientific name: - Ophiura affinis Schoenherr, 1838
- Specific name:
affinis
- Schoenherr, 1838
- Genus:
Ophiura
(
- Family:
Curculionoidea
(
- Order:
Ophiurida
(
- Class:
Ophiuroidea
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ophiura
There are approximately 64 species in this genus:
O. acervata · O. aequalis · O. affinis · O. albida · O. ambigua · O. angulata · O. atacta · O. aurantiaca · O. bathybia · O. brevispina · O. brevispinum · O. carnea · O. chathamensis · O. ciliaris · O. concreta · O. crassa · O. cryptolepis · O. cryptolepis claripelta · O. cryptolepis cryptolepis · O. echinata · O. elongata · O. flagellata · O. flexibilis · O. grubei · O. hadra · O. hendleri · O. irrorata · O. jejuna · O. kinbergi · O. kofoidi · O. lacertosa · O. laevis · O. lenticularis · O. leptoctenia · O. ljungmani · O. loveni · O. luetkeni · O. lutkeni · O. maculata · O. meridionalis · O. micracantha · O. moniliformis · O. mundata · O. nodosa · O. ooplax · O. ophiura · O. paucispina · O. quadrispina · O. reticulata · O. robusta · O. rugosa · O. sarsi (Notched Brittle Star) · O. sarsii · O. scomba · O. scutulata · O. serrata · O. signata · O. speciosa · O. spp · O. squamosa · O. textura · O. texturata · O. ursula · O. verrucosa
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Further Reading
- A student's text-book of zoology, by Adam Sedgwick. London, S. Sonnenschein and Co.;1898-1909. ENG url p. 206.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 295.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 65.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 110, p. 111, p. 115, p. 122, p. 155, p. 269, p. 297.
- Carotenoids, by Paul Karrer and Ernst Jucker. Translated and rev. by Ernest A. Braude. New York, Elsevier Pub. Co., 1950. ENG url p. 371, p. 86.
- Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Christiania, Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1880-1901. NOR url p. 7, p. 8.
- Fauna arctica: eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 / Unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen h Jena: G. Fischer, 19 GER url p. 279.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. ENG url p. 5.
- Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. LondonOxford university Press, 1927. ENG url p. 147, p. 150, p. 244, p. 454, p. 8.
- Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ©chinodermes: comprenant la description des crino©des, des ophiurides, des ast©rides, des ©chinides et des holothurides / par F. Dujardin et par H. Hup©. Paris: Librairie encyclop©dique de Roret, 1862. FRE url p. 250.
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge University Press [etc.] ENG url p. 165, p. 547.
- Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapal; zugleich ein Repertorium f©r Mittelmeerkunde. Berlin [etc.]Friedlander [etc.]1879-1921. GER url p. 547, p. 548.
- Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. / prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. ENG url p. 77.
- Studies of the development and larval forms of echinoderms. Copenhagen, G. E. C. Gad, 1921. ENG url p. 214.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, BioMar
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Ifremer BIOCEAN database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, N3 data of Kiel bay
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- NLBIF, Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Noordzee
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Invertebrates
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Zoology
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 593675
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-157427
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13727695
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 157427
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 405543
