Ophiura ophiura
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Ophiura ophiura's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility28 648 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System29 253 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI200 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics79 specimens↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ophiura ophiura or the serpent star is a species of brittle star in the order Ophiurida. It is typically found on coastal seabeds around northwestern Europe.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment2
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Ophiura ophiura across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds64 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2S,3R,4S,4aR,6aR,6bR,8aS,12aR,14aR,14bR)-2-hydroxy-6b-(hydroxymethyl)-4,6a,11,11,14b-pentamethyl-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicene-4,8a-dicarboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,4aR,6aR,8aS,12aS,14aR,14bR)-8a-ethoxycarbonyl-2,3-dihydroxy-4,6a,11,11,14b-pentamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,4aS,6aR,8aS,12aR,13S,14aR,14bR)-13-(chloromethyl)-2,3-dihydroxy-4,6a,11,11,14b-pentamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4,8a-dicarboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,5S,9R,10S,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(E,2S,5S)-5-ethyl-6-methylhept-3-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol | present | NPASS | |
| 1,5-Anhydroglucitol | present | NPASS | |
| 2-Propenoic acid, 3-phenyl- | present | NPASS | |
| [(2S,3S,4R,5R)-2-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-6-(acetyloxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-6-(acetyloxymethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3-hydroxy-5-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2-[[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxymethyl]-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-3-yl] benzoate | present | NPASS | |
| [(2S,3S,4R,5R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2-[[(E)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxymethyl]-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-3-yl] benzoate | present | NPASS | |
| [(2S,3S,4R,5R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(acetyloxymethyl)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2-[[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxymethyl]-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-3-yl] benzoate | present | NPASS | |
| [(2S,3S,4R,5R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-(acetyloxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2-[[(E)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxymethyl]-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-3-yl] benzoate | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ophiura ophiura has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Ophiura ophiura carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Ophiura ophiura. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
How it livedPBDB
Record type57 903 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions12 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| WMR_IMARESlocation not on record | 6 615 |
| Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record | 2 137 |
| CEFASlocation not on record | 990 |
| RWSlocation not on record | 980 |
| Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record | 405 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 392 |
| 730location not on record | 347 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 234 |
| 486location not on record | 173 |
| Ilvolocation not on record | 118 |
| Rijkswaterstaatlocation not on record | 97 |
| Gothenburg, SE | 84 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 77 |
| Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, Universite de Bordeaxlocation not on record | 60 |
| Stockholm, SE | 60 |
| ICATMARlocation not on record | 50 |
| 630location not on record | 42 |
| Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-Sur-Mer; Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologiquelocation not on record | 39 |
| Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences; Marine Ecology Division; Fishery Biology sectionlocation not on record | 38 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 34 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 34 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 19 |
| Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | La Specola headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record | 14 |
| Bergen, NO | 14 |
| Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazovlocation not on record | 13 |
| Laboratoria di biologia marina di Triestelocation not on record | 13 |
| Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record | 12 |
| Station Biologique de Roscoff (EDMO:521)location not on record | 12 |
| Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503)location not on record | 11 |
| Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record | 11 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 10 |
| Brussels, BE | 9 |
| Cambridge, US | 9 |
| PNHSlocation not on record | 8 |
| Helsinki, FI | 7 |
| Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record | 7 |
| FEMlocation not on record | 7 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 6 |
| Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezialocation not on record | 6 |
| Assiniboine Park Conservancylocation not on record | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record | 4 |
| Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturaleslocation not on record | 4 |
| Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record | 3 |
| CLO/ILVOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record | 3 |
| CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record | 3 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 3 |
| Biomorlocation not on record | 3 |
| Vlaams Instituut voor de Zeelocation not on record | 3 |
| Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Institute for Oceanographylocation not on record | 3 |
| CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503)location not on record | 3 |
| Citadel Hill, GB | 2 |
| HCMRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| DIHOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Ukrainelocation not on record | 1 |
| CLOlocation not on record | 1 |
| AZTI Tecnalialocation not on record | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record | 1 |
| CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393)location not on record | 1 |
| ICM-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos | Benthos Ecology Laboratorylocation not on record | 1 |
| GIMARISlocation not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| ICESlocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Ophiura ophiura was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.