| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 |
| Source | |
additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Dutch |
kleine slangster |
[details] |
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German |
gemeiner Schlangenstern |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Feedingtypes | |
omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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| Host of | |
Thespesiopsyllus paradoxus (Sars G.O., 1913) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
PlanktonNet Image
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Brittle stars consist of a central disk clearly separated from the slender, very agile and very strong arms. Ophiura albida is very similar to Ophiura ophiura and can only be distinguished from this species by the absence of pores between the arm plates. The top is reddish to orange-brown; the bottom side is dirty white. [details]
Distribution: In both periods Ophiura albida was widely spread across the Belgian part of the North Sea and was only absent in the eastern coastal zone. The species was found in relatively high densities (1976-1986 period: maximum 100 ind./m2; 1994-2001 period: maximum 900 ind./m2). [details]
Habitat: Ophiura albida prefers fine to coarse-grained sediments (median grain size 150-650 µm) without any preference for a particular median grain size. The species furthermore prefers sediments with a low to medium mud content (maximum 40%). [details]
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| Images | | 
Picture of Ophiura albida
added on 2003-04-29 - author: van der Hoek, J.
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-08-27 14:19:04 |
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Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
added on 2006-02-10 - author: Hans Hillewaert
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-08-27 14:19:44 |
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Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ( )
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-09-21 09:38:52 |
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Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-09-21 09:37:43 |
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Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-09-21 09:37:57 |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124913 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839. In: Stöhr, S., OHara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124913 on 2013-06-20 |
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