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Serpent Stars and Brittle Stars - Ophiuroidea - Schlangensterne

Serpent Stars und Basket Stars (Echinoderms, Ophiurida, Phrynophiurida) - Schlangensternen und Gorgonenhaupt (Stachelhäuter). Species on this page: Ophiothela, Ophiothrix, Amphiura, Ophiomastix, Ophiarachna, Astroboa, Astroglymma, Astrocladus

Echinoderms - Echinodermata - Stachelhäuter

[Phylum - Echinoderms - Echinodermata - Stachelhäuter - Stamm] [Subphylum - Eleutherozoa - Unterstamm] [Class - Brittle Stars - Ophiuroidea - Schlangensterne - Klasse]

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INDEX Schlangensterne

Feather Stars
Feather Stars and Sea Lilies - Haar- oder Federsterne: Comaster, Comanthina, Comatella, Oxycomanthus, Dichrometra, Lamprometra, Colobometra, Cenometra, Oligometra, Pontiometra, Himerometra, Zygometra, Reometra. Also animals living with featherstars (shwimps, crabs, squids, fish)
Haar- oder Federsterne

Starfish
Sea stars or starfish (Echinoderms like Valvatida, Comb Sea Star, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida) - Seesterne (Stachelhäuter wie Klappensterne, Walzensterne, Kammsterne, Stachelsterne, Zangensterne)
Seesterne

Brittle Stars
Serpent Stars (Echinoderms, Ophiurida) - Schlangensternen (Stachelhäuter). Species on this page: Ophiothela, Ophiothrix, Amphiura, Ophiomastix, Ophiarachna
Schlangensterne

Sea Urchins
sea urchins (Echinoderms) - Seeigel (Stachelhäuter) - Species on this page: Astropyga, Diadema, Echinothrix, Mespilia, Salmacis, Lytechinus, Asthenosoma, Toxopneustes, Maretia, Eurypatagus, Clypeaster, Eucidaris, Prionocidaris, Echinostrephus, Echinometra
Seeigel

Sea Cucumbers
Sea Cucumbers - Holothuroidea - Seewalzen: Species on this page: Synaptula, Opheodesoma, Euapta, Holothuria, Bohadschia, Stichopus, Stichopus, Thelenota, Pentacta, Pseudocolochirus, Neothyonidium
Seewalzen

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

[Class - Brittle Stars - Ophiuroidea - Schlangensterne - Klasse] [Order - Ophiurida - Ordnung]

Gnathophiurina

[Order - Ophiurida - Ordnung] [Suborder - Gnathophiurina - Unterordnung] [Family - Ophiothricidae - Familie]

Ophiothricidae

coral with brittle stars - Koralle mit Haarsternen

Brittle Star - Ophiothela danae - Schlangenstern

 

coral with brittle stars - Koralle mit Haarsternen

INFO - Brittle Star - Ophiothela danae - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star Ophiothela danae - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiopholis brachyactis - Schlangenstern

 

coral with brittle stars - Koralle mit Haarsternen

Brittle Star - Ophiothela sp - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiopholis brachyactis - Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiothrix purpurea - Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiothrix purpurea - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

INFO - Brittle Star - Ophiothrix purpurea - Schlangenstern

Harlequin Shrimps eating a starfish - Hymenocera elegans - Harlekingarnelen fressen einen Seestern

Bongo Bumble Bee Shrimp (Spiny Tiger Shrimp) eating a brittle star - Phyllognathia ceratophthalma - Gehörnte Hummelgarnele frisst ein Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

INFO - Brittle Star - Ophiothrix purpurea - Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiothela sp - Schlangenstern
[Order - Ophiurida - Ordnung] [Suborder - Gnathophiurina - Unterordnung] [Family - Amphiuridae - Familie]

Amphiuridae

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

INFO - Brittle Star - Amphiura sp - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Amphiura sp - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Amphiura sp - Schlangenstern

 

Chilophiurina

[Class - Brittle Stars - Ophiuroidea - Schlangensterne - Klasse] [Order - Ophiurida - Ordnung] [Suborder - Chilophiurina - Unterordnung] [Family - Ophiocomidae - Familie]

Ophiocomidae

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

arm of a Brittle Star - Arm eines Haarsterns

brittle star / Schlangenstern (Ophiomastix variabilis)

Brittle Star - Ophiomastix variabilis - Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

2 Brittle Stars - Ophiomastix variabilis - 2 Haarsterne

[Order - Ophiurida - Ordnung] [Suborder - Chilophiurina - Unterordnung] [Family - Ophiodermatidae - Familie]

Ophiodermatidae

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

INFO - Brittle Star - Ophiarthrum pictum (Ophiarachna affinis in some books) - Schlangenstern

 

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiarthrum pictum - Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiarthrum pictum - Schlangenstern

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star - Ophiarachna incrassata - Schlangenstern

  

Brittle Stars and Serpent Stars - Ophiurida - Schlangensterne

Brittle Star inside a featherstar - Ophiarachna sp - Schlangenstern in der Mitte eines Federsterns

Basket Stars - Phrynophiurida - Gorgonenhäupter

Euryalina

[Class - Brittle Stars - Ophiuroidea - Schlangensterne - Klasse] [Order - Phrynophiurida - Ordnung] [Suborder - Euryalina - Unterordnung] [Family - Gorgonocephalidae - Familie]

Basket stars - Gorgonocephalidae - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Astroglymma sculptum - Gorgonenhaupt

 

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Granulate Basket Star - Astroboa nuda - Korn-Gorgonenhaupt

 

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Granulate Basket Star detail of arms - Astroboa nuda - Korn-Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Astroboa ernae - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Astroboa ernae - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

curled up by day - Astroboa - zusammengerollt bei Tag (Asien Gorgonenhaupt)

 

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Astrocladus tonganus - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Gorgonenhaupt

Basket Star - Astrocladus tonganus - Gorgonenhaupt

Commensal Shrimps - Periclimenes - Partnergarnelen

Basket Star Shrimp - Periclimenes lanipes - Gorgonenhaupt-Garnele
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Tunicates
Tunicates, Ascidians or Sea Squirts - Seescheiden, Manteltiere: Clavelina, Eudistoma, Pycnoclavella, Nephteis, Oxycorynia, Sycozoa, Didemnum, Atriolum, Leptoclinides, Pseudodistoma, Perophora, Rhopalaea, Phallusia, Polycarpa, Botrylloides, Botryllus
Seescheiden

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Marine PlantsMarine Plants (Green Algae, Red Algae, Dinoflagellates, Zooxanthelles, seagrass, mangroves) - Marine Pflanzen (Grünalgen, Rotalgen, Seegras, Zooxanthellen, Dinoflagellaten, Mangroven)
Marine Pflanzen

Feather Stars
Feather Stars and Sea Lilies - Haar- oder Federsterne: Comaster, Comanthina, Comatella, Oxycomanthus, Dichrometra, Lamprometra, Colobometra, Cenometra, Oligometra, Pontiometra, Himerometra, Zygometra, Reometra. Also animals living with featherstars (shwimps, crabs, squids, fish)
Haar- oder Federsterne

Starfish
Sea stars or starfish (Echinoderms like Valvatida, Comb Sea Star, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida) - Seesterne (Stachelhäuter wie Klappensterne, Walzensterne, Kammsterne, Stachelsterne, Zangensterne)
Seesterne

Brittle Stars
Serpent Stars (Echinoderms, Ophiurida) - Schlangensternen (Stachelhäuter). Species on this page: Ophiothela, Ophiothrix, Amphiura, Ophiomastix, Ophiarachna
Schlangensterne

Sea Urchins
sea urchins (Echinoderms) - Seeigel (Stachelhäuter) - Species on this page: Astropyga, Diadema, Echinothrix, Mespilia, Salmacis, Lytechinus, Asthenosoma, Toxopneustes, Maretia, Eurypatagus, Clypeaster, Eucidaris, Prionocidaris, Echinostrephus, Echinometra
Seeigel

Sea Cucumbers
Sea Cucumbers - Holothuroidea - Seewalzen: Species on this page: Synaptula, Opheodesoma, Euapta, Holothuria, Bohadschia, Stichopus, Stichopus, Thelenota, Pentacta, Pseudocolochirus, Neothyonidium
Seewalzen

Chromodoris
Nudibranchs Chromodorids (Chromodorididae) - Nacktschnecken wie Prachtsternschnecken
Chromodoris

Ceratosoma
Nudibranchs Chromodorids - Nacktschnecken wie Prachtsternschnecken. Species: Ceratosoma
Ceratosoma

Hypselodoris
Hypselodoris: Nudibranchs Chromodorids (Chromodorididae) - Meeresschnecken wie Prachtsternschnecken
Hypselodoris

Chromodorididae
Nudibranchs Chromodorids (Chromodorididae) - Nacktschnecken. Species: Hypselodoris, Pectenodoris, Mexichromis, Noumea, Risbecia, Thorunna
Chromodorididae

Phyllidiidae
Nudibranchs (Phyllidiids - Phyllidiidae) - Nacktschnecken (Warzenschnecken). Species: Phyllidiella, Phyllidia, Phyllidiopsis, Reticulidia
Phyllidiidae

Polyceridae
Nudibranchs Phanerobranch Dorids - Polyceridae - Neonsternschnecken (Nacktschnecken). Species: Nembrotha, Roboastra, Tambja, Thecacera
Polyceridae

Gymnodorididae
Harlequin nudibranchs (Dorids) - Doridina - Sternschnecken - Gymnodorididae: Gymnodoris
Gymnodorididae

Aegiretidae
Harlequin nudibranchs (Dorids) - Doridina - Sternschnecken: Aegiridae: Aegires, Notodoris
Aegiretidae

Dendrodorididae
Harlequin nudibranchs (Dorids) - Doridina - Sternschnecken: Dendrodorididae: Dendrodoris
Dendrodorididae

Goniodorididae
Harlequin nudibranchs (Dorids) - Doridina - Sternschnecken: Goniodorididae: Trapania
Goniodorididae

Hexabranchidae
Nudibranchs dorids (Dorididae) - Sternschnecken (Nacktschnecken). Species: Hexabranchus
Hexabranchidae

Dorididae
Nudibranchs dorids (Dorididae) - Sternschnecken (Nacktschnecken). Species: Asteronotus, Atagema, Discodoris, Halgerda, Jorunna, Platydoris, Taringa, Aldisa, Rostanga, Aphelodoris
Dorididae

Dendronotoidea
Dendronotids (Dendronotina) - Baumschnecken. Species: Marionia, Marionopsis, Tritoniopsis, Doto, Scyllaea, Melibe, Armina, Dermatobranchus, Janolus
Dendronotoidea

Arminina
Arminaceans (Arminina) - Furchenschnecken. Species: Armina, Dermatobranchus, Janolus
Arminina

Aeolidiidae
Nudibranchs - Nacktschnecken. Suborder Aeolidina (Aeolids - Fadenschnecken): Families Flabellinidae, Glaucidae, species Flabellina, Phidiana, Godiva, Phyllodesmium, Pteraeolidia, Favorinus
Aeolidiidae

Sea Shells
Snails: Prosobranchia: Worm-shells, Scorpion conchs, Cowries, Lamellarids, Helmet shells, Tun-shells, Wentletraps, Murex shells, Volutes, Conus shells / Vorderkiemenschnecken / Gehäuseschnecken, Kaurischnecken, Porzellanschnecken, Wurmschnecken, Blättchenschnecken, Boothaken, Flügelschnecken, Sturmhauben, Wendeltreppen, Stachelschnecken, Kegelschnecken, Walzenschnecken
Meeresschnecken

Cephalaspidea
Headshield slugs - Kopfschildschnecken: Chelidonura, Philinopsis, Siphopteron
Cephalaspidea

Sacoglossa
Sap sucking slugs - Saftsauger: Plakobranchus, Elysia, Thuridilla
Sacoglossa

Anaspidea
Sea Hares - Seehasen: Aplysia, Syphonota, Bursatella, Dolabella, Notarchus, Petalifera
Anaspidea

Notaspidea
Side-gilled Slugs - Flankenkiemer: Berthella, Pleurobranchaea, Pleurobranchus, Umbraculum
Notaspidea

Bivalves
Bivalves, Muscheln
Muscheln

Sepia, Cuttlefish
Sepia (cuttlefish). Species on this page: Metasepia, Sepia, Euprymna, Ideosepius, Nautilus
Sepias

Octopus
Cephalopods (sepias, squids, octopus) , photos of mimic octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish and other rare animals - Tintenfisch-Fotos (Sepias, Kraken, Oktopoden) unter anderm vom Mimik-Oktopus, flammenden Sepias und Blauring-Oktopus
Oktopus, Tintenfische

Chitons
Chitons - Käferschnecken
Käferschnecken

Tusk Shells
Tusk Shells - Kahnfüsser: Fustiaria, Dentalium
Kahnfüsser

Shrimps and Prawns
Shrimps and Prawns - Garnelen / Penaeidae - Alpheidae - Stenopdidae - Hippolytidae - Hymenoceridae - Gnathophyllidae - Rhynchocinetidae
Garnelen

Palaemonid Shrimps
Commensal Shrimps - Partnergarnelen / Palaemonidae - Alpheidae Species on this page: Periclimenes, Dasycaris, Hamodactylus, Pontonides, Pontonides, Vir, Apopontonia, Stegopontonia, Palaemon, Leander, Urocaridella
Felsen- und Partnergarnelen

Shrimps on Echinoderms
Commensal Shrimps - Partnergarnelen / Palaemonidae - Alpheidae Species on this page: Periclimenes, Dasycaris, Hamodactylus, Pontonides, Pontonides, Vir, Apopontonia, Stegopontonia, Palaemon, Leander, Urocaridella
Garnelen auf Stachelhäuter

Crabs
Hermit Crabs - Coral Hermit Crabs - Squat Lobsters - Porcelain Crabs / Einsiedlerkrebse - Korallen Einsiedlerkrebse - Springkrebse - Porzellankrebse. Species on this page: Panulirus, Scyllarides, Parribacus, Scyllarus, Dardanus, Paguristes, Paguritta, Allogalathea, Lauriea, Galathea, Lissoporcellana, Neopetrolisthes, Porcellanella
Mittelkrebse

True Crabs
True Crabs (Brachyura) like Sponge Crabs - Box Crabs - Coral Crabs - Pebble crabs - Urchin Crabs - Frog Crabs - Elbow Crabs - Dorippids - Swimmer Crabs - Grapsid Shore Crabs - False Spider Crabs - Echte Krabben wie Schwammkrabben - Schamkrabben - Korallenkrabben - Rundkrabben - Kugelkrabben - Seeigelkrabben - Spannerkrabben - Ellbogenkrabben - Dorippide - Schwimmkrabben - Felsenkrabben - Falsche Spinnenkrabben
Echte Krabben

Spider Crabs,
Spider Crabs - Majidae - Spinnenkrabben. Species on this page: Achaeus, Hoplophrys, Camposcia, Cyclocoeloma, Huenia, Schizophrys, Xenocarcinus
Spinnenkrabben

Mantis shrimps
Mantis shrimps - Heuschreckenkrebsen: Gonodactylinus, Odontodactylus, Pseudosquilla, Lysiosquilla
Heuschreckenkrebse

Lobsters
Lobsters - Slipper lobsters / Langusten - Bärenkrebse
Langustenartige

Isopods, Copepods, Barnacles
Isopods, Copepods, Barnacles, Amphipods, Sea Spiders, Horseshoe Crabs - Asseln, Ruderfusskrebschen, Rankenfüsser, Flohkrebse, Asselspinnen, Pfeilschwanzkrebse
Asseln, Ruderfussk.

 Bryozoans
Bryozoanas - Moostierchen. Species on this page: Triphyllozoon, Iodictyum, Scrupocellaria
Moostierchen

Octocorals
Octocorals (Stoloniferans, soft corals, sea fans, gorgonians, sea pens, Blue Corals) - Achtstrahlige Korallen (Röhrenkorallen, Weichkorallen, Hornkoralllen, Seefedern, Fächerkorallen, Gorgonien, Blaue Korallen)
Achtstrahlige Korallen

Hexacorals
Zoanthids and Corallimorphians - Krusten- und Scheibenanemonen: Parazoanthus, Amplexidiscus, Discosoma, Pseudocorynactis, Cyclocoeloma
Hexakorallen

 Sea Anemones
Sea Anemones (Hexacorallia - Actiniaria) - Seeanemonen: Heteractis, Stichodactyla, Entacmaea, Bunodactis, Condylactis, Dofleinia, Actinodendron, Actinostephanus, Phyllodiscus, Alicia, Triactis, Calliactis, Amphianthus, Nemanthus, Thalassianthus, Heterodactyla, Cryptodendrum, Boloceroides
Seeanemonen

Hard Corals
Stony Corals - Steinkorallen. Species on this page: Pocillopora, Acropora, Montipora, Astreopora, Favia, Diploastrea, Caulastrea, Platygyra, Cyarina, Symphyllia, Lobophyllia, Pectinia, Galaxea, Fungia, Polyphyllia, Heliofungia, Trachyphyllia, Coscinarea, Coscinarea, Goniopora, Alveopora, Pachyseris, Leptoseris, Euphyllia, Plerogyra, Javania, Balanophyllia, Heteropsammia, Dendrophyllia, Tubastrea, Tubinaria
Steinkorallen

Black Corals
Black Corals - Schwarze Korallen. Species on this page: Antipathes, Cirrhipathes, Stichopathes
Schwarze Korallen

Tube Anemones
Tube Anemones - Zylinderrosen. Species on this page: Cerianthus
Zylinderrosen

Sea Pens
Sea Pens (Pennatulacea) - Seefedern
Seefedern

Jellyfish
Jellyfish - Quallen. Species on this page: Cassiopea, Mastigias, Lobonema, Netrostoma, Nausithoe, Pelagia, Cyanea
Quallen

Hydroids
Hydroids - Hydrozoen. Species on this page: Plumularia, Macrorhynchia, Aglaophenia, Aglaophenia, Tubularia, Millepora, Stylaster, Distichopora, Pennaria, Halocordyle, Eudendrium, Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae
Hydrozoen

Comb-Jellies
Comb-Jellies - Rippenquallen. Coeloplana
Rippenquallen

Flatworms
Flatworms (Plathelminthes) - Strudelwürmer / Plattwürmer : Acanthozoon, Maiazoon, Phrikoceros, Pseudobiceros, Pseudoceros, Thysanozoon, Callioplana, Eurylepta
Strudelwürmer / Plattwürmer

Segmented worms
Segmented worms (Annelida) - Ringelwürmer: Protula, Bispira, Filograna, Filogranella, Spirobranchus, Sabellastarte, Sabella, Eupolymnia, Gastrolepidia, Chloeia, Oxycera,
Ringelwürmer

Various Worms
Phoronids (Phoronida) - Hufeisenwürmer
Versch. Würmer

Sponges
Sponges (Siliceous Sponges, Calcerous Sponges) - Schwämme (Kalkschwämme, Gemeine Schwämme)
Schwämme

Forams
Forams (Foraminiferida) - Wurzelfüsser Foraminifera
Wurzelfüsser
I identified each animal to my best knowledge, but mistakes are possible. Please write to me, if you have any questions. Latin names according to WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) and ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). For an example of the Taxonomic Hierarchy look at the frogfish.

Ich habe alle Tiere nach meinem besten Wissen identifiziert, Fehler sind jedoch möglich. Bitte schreibe mir, falls Du Fragen hast. Lateinische Bezeichnungen nach WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) und ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). Siehe auch Systematik im Pflanzen- und Tierreich.


. Copyright Teresa Zubi