Seesterne

Purpurroter Seestern
(Ophidiaster ophidianus)

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ASTEROIDEA

VALVATIDA

ORPHIDIASTERIDAE

Wissenschaftlicher Name:	Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyme:	Asterias ophidiana (de Lamarck, 1816), Ophidiaster aurantius (Gray, 1840), Ophidiaster canariensis (Greeff, 1872)

Allgemeine Informationen

Namen:	Purpurroter Seestern, Purple Seestar
Vorkommen:	Mittelmeer
Lebensraum:	Auf Fels- und Sandgrund, sowie See- und Neptungraswiesen; in Tiefen bis 250 m
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Beschreibung

Der Purpurstern, auch Roter Seestern genannt, hat eine ziegel- bis scharlachrote Färbung. Der Körper ist sternförmig mit einer kleinen Scheibe mit fünf langen, runden Armen. Nur selten treten Exemplare mit 6 oder 7 Armen auf.

Arten der Gattung Ophidiaster

Ophidiaster agassizi (Perrier, 1881)
Ophidiaster alexandri (Verrill, 1915)
Ophidiaster armatus (Koehler, 1910)
Ophidiaster bayeri (A.H.Clark, 1948)
Ophidiaster bullisi (Downey, 1970)
Ophidiaster confertus H.L. Clark, 1916
Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
Ophidiaster easterensis Ziesenhenne, 1964
Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster kermadecensis Benham, 1911
Ophidiaster lorioli Fisher, 1906
Ophidiaster ludwigi deLoriol, 1900
Ophidiaster macknighti H.E.S. Clark, 1962
Ophidiaster multispinus Liao & A.M. Clark, 1996
Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster perplexus A.H. Clark, 1954
Ophidiaster perrieri de Loriol, 1885
Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977
Ophidiaster rhabdotus Fisher, 1906
Ophidiaster (Hacelia) attenuatus Gray, 1840 --> Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster (Pharia) pyramidatus Gray, 1840 --> Pharia pyramidatus (Gray, 1840)
Ophidiaster aequalis Dujardin & Hupe, 1862 --> Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857
Ophidiaster asperulus Lutken, 1871 --> Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster astridae Engel, 1938 --> Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
Ophidiaster aurantius Gray, 1840 --> Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster canariensis Greeff, 1872 --> Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster clathratus Grube, 1865 --> Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophidiaster colombiae Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia columbiae Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster columbiae Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Cistina columbiae Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster crassa (Gray, 1840) --> Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophidiaster cylindricus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster diplax Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster dubiosus Fisher, 1919 --> Tamaria dubiosa (Koehler, 1910)
Ophidiaster echinulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster ehrenbergi Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster flaccidus Lutken, 1859 --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster floridae Perrier, 1881 --> Tamaria floridae (Perrier, 1881)
Ophidiaster fuscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Tamaria fusca Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster germani Perrier, 1875 --> Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster gracilis Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Dactylosaster gracilis Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster guildingi Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster hirsutus Koehler, 1910 --> Tamaria hirsuta (Koehler, 1910)
Ophidiaster inarmata Koehler, 1895 --> Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
Ophidiaster irregularis Perrier, 1869 --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster laevigatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophidiaster leachi Gray, 1840 --> Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
Ophidiaster leachi Perrier, 1878 --> Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852
Ophidiaster lessonae Gasco, 1876 --> Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster linearis Perrier, 1869 --> Metrodira dubia
Ophidiaster lioderma H.L. Clark, 1921 --> Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
Ophidiaster lorioli A.H. Clark, 1952 --> Ophidiaster robillardi de Loriol, 1885
Ophidiaster lymani Nataf & Cherbonnier, 1975 --> Copidaster lymani A.H.Clark, 1948
Ophidiaster marmoratus Michelin, 1844 --> Tamaria marmorata (Michelin, 1844)
Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophidiaster multiforis Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophidiaster ornatus Koehler, 1910 --> Tamaria ornata (Koehler, 1910)
Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster pacifica (Gray, 1840) --> Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster pinguis H.L. Clark, 1941 --> Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915
Ophidiaster porosissimus Lutken, 1859 --> Pharia pyramidatus (Gray, 1840)
Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932 --> Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophidiaster purpureus Perrier, 1869 --> Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster pusillus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Tamaria pusilla (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Ophidiaster pustulatus von Martens, 1866 --> Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866) --> Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster pyramidatus Gray, 1840 --> Pharia pyramidatus (Gray, 1840)
Ophidiaster robillardi de Loriol, 1885 --> Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster schismochilus H.L. Clark, 1922 --> Copidaster schismochilus (H.L.Clark, 1922)
Ophidiaster sclerodermus Fisher, 1906 --> Tamaria scleroderma (Fisher, 1906)
Ophidiaster squameus Fisher, 1906 --> Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophidiaster superba Nataf & Cherbonnier, 1975 --> Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster suturalis Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840)
Ophidiaster tenellus Fisher, 1906 --> Tamaria tenella (Fisher, 1906)
Ophidiaster triseriatus Fisher, 1906 --> Tamaria triseriata (Fisher, 1906)
Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913 --> Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871
Ophidiaster tuberculatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840
Ophidiaster tumescens Koehler, 1910 --> Tamaria tumescens (Koehler, 1910)
Ophidiaster vestitus Perrier, 1869 --> Echinaster vestitus Perrier, 1869
Ophidiaster watsoni Livingstone, 1936 --> Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone, 1936)