Ophiocoma

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Ophiocoma
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Ophiocoma scolopendrina at Sharm El Sheik, Red Sea
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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]

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References

  1. Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2018). "Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836". World Ophiuroidea database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 29 January 2020.