Blunt-Spined Brittle Star (Ophiocoma echinata)

Invertebrateverified

Ophiocoma echinata

(Lamarck, 1816)

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star

Also known as: Spiny Ophiocoma

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiacanthida

Family

Ophiocomidae

Where to find it

rare

Costa Rica (Caribbean)

Other species in Ophiocomidae

Ophiocoma scolopendrina

Ophiocoma scolopendrina

Lagoon Brittle Star

Ophiomastix wendtii

Ophiomastix wendtii

Red Ophiocoma

Ophiocomella ophiactoides

Ophiocomella ophiactoides

Coralline Brittle Star

Ophiocomella pumila

Banded Ophiocoma

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