Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ophiactis savignyi
estrella de mar, estrella frágil de Savigny, Savigny's brittle starsavigny's brittle star
Depth: intertidal to 70 m
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Amphilepidida
Suborder
Ophiurina
Superfamily
Gnathophiurina
Family
Ophiactidae
Genus
Ophiactis
Species
savignyi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ophiactis brocki de Loriol, 1893, Ophiactis conferta Koehler, 1905, Ophiactis incisa v. Martens, 1870, Ophiactis krebsii Lütken, 1856, Ophiactis maculosa von Martens, 1870, Ophiactis quadrispina H.L. Clark, 1915, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Pedro, California, Gulf of California, Independencia Bay of Perrú, Revillagigedos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos Islands
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (1998) A Field Guide to Sea Stars and other Echinoderms of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 83 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Maluf, L.Y. (1991) Echinoderm Fauna of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 345-367.
- Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.