Lagoon Brittle Star (Ophiocoma scolopendrina)

Invertebrateverified

Ophiocoma scolopendrina

(Lamarck, 1816)

Lagoon Brittle Star

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiacanthida

Family

Ophiocomidae

Where to find it

common

India India (Andaman Islands)Iran Philippines (Mindanao)Taiwan

occasional

Kenya Oman Tanzania

rare

Madagascar United Arab Emirates

Other species in Ophiocomidae

Banded Ophiocoma (Ophiocomella pumila)

Ophiocomella pumila

Banded Ophiocoma

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star (Ophiocoma echinata)

Ophiocoma echinata

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star

Red Ophiocoma (Ophiomastix wendtii)

Ophiomastix wendtii

Red Ophiocoma

Coralline Brittle Star (Ophiocomella ophiactoides)

Ophiocomella ophiactoides

Coralline Brittle Star

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