WoRMS taxon details
Ophioscolex glacialis Müller & Troschel, 1842
125147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125147)
accepted
Species
Ophioscolex fragilis Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonymized by H.L. Clark (1915))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary;...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex glacialis Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125147 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]
original description (of Ophioscolex fragilis Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [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]
original description (of Ophioscolex fragilis Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [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]
Other
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. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish | nordlig skinnormstjärna | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophioscolex glacialis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (51 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophioscolex glacialis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (51 records)
To ITIS
