| Ophiocoma | |
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| Ophiocoma scolopendrina at Sharm El Sheik, Red Sea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Family: | Ophiocomidae |
| Genus: | Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835 |
Ophiocoma is a genus of brittle stars belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. [1]
Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny was a French zoologist.
Astropecten is a genus of sea stars of the family Astropectinidae.
Neritina, is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. They are as well marine, as brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks
Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.
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Thiara is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae.
Oreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
Goniodiscaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
Pentaceraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.
Archasteridae is a family of starfish found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The genus Astropus, previously included in this family, is now included in the genus Archaster with the single species, Astropus longipes, being accepted as Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977.
Ophiocoma scolopendrina is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. Restricted to life in the intertidal, they live in the Indo-Pacific. They can typically be found within crevices or beneath borders on intertidal reef platforms. Unlike other Ophiocoma brittle stars, they are known for their unique way of surface-film feeding, using their arms to sweep the sea surface and trap food. Regeneration of their arms are a vital component of their physiology, allowing them to efficiently surface-film feed. These stars also have the ability to reproduce throughout the year, and have been known to have symbiotic relationships with other organisms.
Ophiomastix wendtii, also known by its common name, the red ophiocoma, and formerly as Ophiocoma wendtii, is a species of brittle stars that inhabits coral reefs from Bermuda to Brazil, primarily in the Caribbean sea. club-like spines along its arms. These brittle stars have long, thin arms emanating from a small, disk-shaped body, and are about the size of an outstretched human hand.
Ophiomastix is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.
Ophidiaster ophidianus, the purple starfish, is a species of starfish from the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. It has a big variation in colour and may present brown spots. The central disc is small, covered by irregular plates, and the arms are thinner near the central disc. Each arm has lines of respiratory papillae. It can reach 40 cm in diameter.
Asteropsis is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Asteropseidae.
Ophidiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
Ophiocoma erinaceus is a species of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.
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