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Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Family: Ophiocomidae

Genus: Ophiocoma

(See list of species below)

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18 species (see list below)
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Ophiocoma aethiops
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Ophiocoma alexandri
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Ophiocoma anaglyptica
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Max. Length 1.6 cm WD
 
Ophiocoma brevipes
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Ophiocoma cynthiae
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Ophiocoma dentata
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Ophiocoma doederleini
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Ophiocoma echinata
[Black brittle star]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Entire Indo-Pacific excep
Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
Ophiocoma erinaceusMüller & Troschel, 1842

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Ophiocoma erinaceus
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Ophiocoma longispina
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Ophiocoma macroplaca
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Ophiocoma pica
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Ophiocoma pumila
[Banded ophiocoma]
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Ophiocoma pusilla
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Ophiocoma riisei
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Max. Length 2.1 cm WD
 
Ophiocoma schoenleinii
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Max. Length 2.4 cm WD
 
Ophiocoma scolopendrina
[Lagoon brittle star]
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Ophiocoma wendtii
[Red ophiocoma]


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