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Family: Ophiactidae



(See list of species below)


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44 species (see list below)
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Hemipholis elongata
[Blood brittle star]
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Hemipholis gracilis
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Histampica canescens
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Histampica duplicata
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Ophiactis abyssicola
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Ophiactis affinis
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Ophiactis algicola
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Ophiactis amator
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Ophiactis asperula
[Shaggy brittle star]
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Ophiactis balli
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Ophiactis cyanosticta
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Ophiactis definita
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Ophiactis flexuosa
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Ophiactis fuscolineata
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Max. Length 0.5 cm WD
 
Ophiactis hemiteles
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Ophiactis hexacantha
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Ophiactis hirta
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Ophiactis lymani
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Ophiactis macrolepidota
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Max. Length 0.2 cm WD
 
Ophiactis maculosa
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Max. Length 0.3 cm WD
 
Ophiactis modesta
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Ophiactis mulleri
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Ophiactis nama
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Ophiactis picteti
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Ophiactis plana
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Ophiactis profundi
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Ophiactis quadrispina
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Ophiactis quinqueradia
[Five-armed ophiactis]
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Ophiactis resiliens
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Ophiactis savignyi
[Savigny's brittle star]
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Ophiactis simplex
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Ophiactis tricolor
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Ophiactis tyleri
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Ophiactis versicolor
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Ophiactis virens
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Ophiodaphne formata
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Ophiodaphne materna
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Ophiodaphne scripta
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Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Arctic-Circumboreal

Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Ophiopholis aculeata
[Daisy brittle star]
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Ophiopholis bakeri
[Roughspine brittlestar]
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Ophiopholis japonica
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Ophiopholis kennerlyi
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Ophiopholis longispina
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Ophiosphaera insignis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hemipholis elongata Blood brittle star Western Atlantic 1825
Hemipholis gracilis Eastern Pacific 1867
Histampica canescens Southwest Pacific 1879
Histampica duplicata Pacific Ocean 1875
Ophiactis abyssicola Eastern Atlantic and Sout 1861
Ophiactis affinis Western Pacific 1879
Ophiactis algicola Western Central Atlantic 1933
Ophiactis amator Antarctic Indian Ocean 1922
Ophiactis asperula Shaggy brittle star Southern Ocean. 1858
Ophiactis balli Atlantic and the Mediterr 1840
Ophiactis cyanosticta Atlantic and the Mediterr 1918
Ophiactis definita Western Central Pacific 1922
Ophiactis flexuosa Southwest Pacific 1879
Ophiactis fuscolineata Northwest Pacific 1938
Ophiactis hemiteles Indo-West Pacific. 0.5 WD 1915
Ophiactis hexacantha Western Pacific 1939
Ophiactis hirta Southwest Pacific 1879
Ophiactis lymani Southwest Atlantic 1871
Ophiactis macrolepidota Indo-Pacific and the Medi 1887
Ophiactis maculosa Western Central Pacific 0.2 WD 1870
Ophiactis modesta Indo-Pacific 0.3 WD 1888
Ophiactis mulleri Indo-Pacific 1856
Ophiactis nama Southwest Pacific 1879
Ophiactis picteti Indo-West Pacific. 1893
Ophiactis plana Northwest Pacific and Wes
Ophiactis profundi Western Pacific 1899
Ophiactis quadrispina Western Pacific 1915
Ophiactis quinqueradia Five-armed ophiactis Western Central Atlantic
Ophiactis resiliens Indo-West Pacific 1879
Ophiactis savignyi Savigny's brittle star Cosmopolitan. 2 TL 1842
Ophiactis simplex Eastern Pacific and Weste 1851
Ophiactis tricolor Eastern Indian Ocean 1928
Ophiactis tyleri Northeast Atlantic. 2005
Ophiactis versicolor Western Central Pacific 1939
Ophiactis virens Atlantic and the Mediterr 1857
Ophiodaphne formata Western Central Pacific 1905
Ophiodaphne materna Western Pacific 1930
Ophiodaphne scripta Indo-West Pacific 1904
Ophiopholis aculeata Daisy brittle star Arctic-Circumboreal 1767
Ophiopholis bakeri Roughspine brittlestar Northeast Pacific. 1909
Ophiopholis japonica Northeast Pacific. 1879
Ophiopholis kennerlyi Northeast Pacific. 1860
Ophiopholis longispina Northeast Pacific. 1911
Ophiosphaera insignis Indo-West Pacific 1888



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