Lagoon Brittle Star (Ophiocoma scolopendrina)

Invertebrateverified

Ophiocoma scolopendrina

(Lamarck, 1816)

Lagoon Brittle Star

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Taxonomy

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiacanthida

Family

Ophiocomidae

Where to find it

occasional

Tanzania

Other species in Ophiocomidae

Ophiocoma echinata

Ophiocoma echinata

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star

Ophiomastix wendtii

Ophiomastix wendtii

Red Ophiocoma

Ophiocomella ophiactoides

Ophiocomella ophiactoides

Coralline Brittle Star

Ophiocomella pumila

Banded Ophiocoma

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