Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish.They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion.
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Ophiura irrorata.
The Brittlestar (Ophiura ophiura), its body comprises of a central, flattened disc and five brittle, narrow arms.
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IN2015_C01. [Virgularia mirabilis] and [Ophiura] spp. Expedition Name. A variety of species may occur, and species composition at a particular site may relate, to some extent, to the proportions of the major sediment size fractions. Ophiura species Ophiura albida Name Synonyms Ophioglypha albida (Forbes, 1839) Ophiura albida var. Introduction to the Ophiuroidea. tuberculosa Mortensen, 1933 Homonyms Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839 Common names Almindelig slangestjerne in Danish Heller Schlangenstern in German Dataset Records; Danish benthic marine monitoring data from ODAM Published 2020-05-19 : 7,817: Dutch national shellfish monitoring in the coastal zone Published 2020-05-19 : 3,849: RSMP Baseline Dataset Published 2020-05-19 : 3,360 Enter our competition by posting your ideas in the comments below, explaining why you've chosen your name. Author and date of publication. Collected By. with [Pecten maximus] on circalittoral sandy or shelly mud Circalittoral fine sandy mud may contain [Virgularia mirabilis] and [Ophiura] spp. Brittle Star. Researched by: Lizzie Tyler: Data supplied by: University of Sheffield: Refereed by: This information is not refereed. Taxon Name. Common Name: Brittle Star Scientific Name: Ophiura ophiura Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Other Taxonomy: Subphylum: Asterozoa Specimen #:44 Circumstance: Observed in lab and the bio tank Specimen Condition: Specimen on the left was alive and the specimen on the right was dead Location: Alfred bio lab and Alfred bio tank Taxonomy: Scientific name: Ophiura ophiura The ophiuroids generally have five long, slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length on the largest specimens. 1. Ophiuroids are a large group (over 1600 species) of echinoderms that includes the brittle stars (Ophiurida) and basket stars (Euryalida). Whole Wet ethanol 95% ethanol 70%. 10, 1758) 662 from post-classical Latin ophiurus from ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent + οὐρά tail, with allusion to the creature's long snake-like arms.
2016.
From scientific Latin Ophiura, genus name, after earlier use as a specific name (in the genus Asterias) by Linnaeus in Systema Naturae (ed. The species always reached low densities, with a maximum of 20 ind./m2 in the 1976-1986 period and a maximum of 50 ind./m2 in the 1994-2001 period. Distribution In both periods Ophiura ophiura was found to occur in the near-coastal zone, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. Specimen Nature. This is how it gets its name. Accepted Name Source; Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839: UKSI Common Name Source; Serpent's Table Brittlestar preferred: UKSI Classification unranked Biota kingdom Animalia phylum Echinodermata class Ophiuroidea order Ophiurida family Ophiuridae genus Ophiura species Ophiura albida. Lyman, 1878. It has five teeth surrounding its mouth, through which it is able to push out its stomach to digest prey. The more familiar Ophiurida, or brittle stars, usually have five arms and superficially resemble true starfish (Asteroidea).
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology.
Ophiura albida – a snaky star in the sand What common name would you give this species? Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria.
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