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scaly brittle star

Ophiolepis impressa

Classification

Ophiolepis is a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiolepididae, the family in which it is the type genus. The type species of the genus is Ophiolepis superba though the original type species was Ophiura annulosa which is now accepted as Ophiomastix annulosa. Description Brittle stars in the genus Ophiolepis have a disk that is covered in circular shields.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 1