Species under Ophiocoma
n= 18
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Ophiocoma aethiops
Lütken, 1859
Eastern Pacific
Ophiocoma alexandri
Lyman, 1860
Eastern Pacific
Ophiocoma anaglyptica
Ely, 1944
Northwest Pacific
Ophiocoma brevipes
Peters, 1851
Indo-Pacific 1.6
Ophiocoma cynthiae
Benavides-Serrato & O'Hara, 2008
Western Indian Ocean
Ophiocoma dentata
Müller & Troschel, 1842
Pacific Ocean
Ophiocoma doederleini
de Loriol, 1899
Indo-West Pacific
Ophiocoma echinata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Black brittle star Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocoma erinaceus
Müller & Troschel, 1842
Entire Indo-Pacific except for Pakistan, and western India 2.5
Ophiocoma longispina
Clark, 1917
Eastern Pacific
Ophiocoma macroplaca
(Clark, 1915)
Eastern Central Pacific
Ophiocoma pica
Muller & Troschel, 1842
Indo-Pacific
Ophiocoma pumila
Lütken, 1859
Banded ophiocoma Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocoma pusilla
(Brock, 1888)
Western Indian Ocean
Ophiocoma riisei
Lütken, 1859
Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocoma schoenleinii
Müller & Troschel, 1842
Indo-Pacific 2.1
Ophiocoma scolopendrina
(Lamarck, 1816)
Lagoon brittle star Indo-Pacific 2.4
Ophiocoma wendtii
Müller & Troschel, 1842
Red ophiocoma Western Central Atlantic
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