🦋 Family

Ophiotrichidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Ophiuroidea › Amphilepidida › Ophiotrichidae

Ophiothrix fragilis, the common brittle star, is a fragile brittle star with a defined range and habitat in coastal Atlantic waters.

Ophiothrix spiculata, the western spiny brittle star, is a Pacific coast marine brittle star first described in 1851.

Ophiothela mirabilis is a small fissiparous brittle star, native to the Pacific, now invasive in parts of the Atlantic.

Related Families

Ophionereididae 4 species Amphiuridae 2 species Hemieuryalidae 1 species Ophiactidae 1 species Ophiopholidae 1 species

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