Crevice Brittle Star

Ophiopsila riisei

Classification

Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Amphilepidida
Family: Ophiopsilidae

Ophiopholis aculeata, the crevice brittle star or daisy brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Ophiactidae. It has a circum-polar distribution and is found in the Arctic Ocean, the northern Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific. Description Ophiopholis aculeata has a central pentagonal disc up to 2 cm (0.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 9Netherlands · 2Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionOphiopholis aculeata, Wikipedia contributors

Crevice Brittle Star

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