Blunt-Spined Brittle Star (Ophiocoma echinata)

Invertebrateverified

Ophiocoma echinata

(Lamarck, 1816)

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star

Also known as: Spiny Ophiocoma

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Max size

15 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiacanthida

Family

Ophiocomidae

Where to find it

rare

Costa Rica (Caribbean)

Other species in Ophiocomidae

Lagoon Brittle Star (Ophiocoma scolopendrina)

Ophiocoma scolopendrina

Lagoon Brittle Star

Banded Ophiocoma (Ophiocomella pumila)

Ophiocomella pumila

Banded Ophiocoma

Red Ophiocoma (Ophiomastix wendtii)

Ophiomastix wendtii

Red Ophiocoma

Coralline Brittle Star (Ophiocomella ophiactoides)

Ophiocomella ophiactoides

Coralline Brittle Star

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