Ophiocoma
Appearance
Ophiocoma | |
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Ophiocoma scolopendrina at Sharm El Sheik, Red Sea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
Selected species
[edit]- Ophiocoma aethiops (Lütken, 1859)
- Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Ophiocoma erinaceus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
- Ophiocoma wendtii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
References
[edit]- ^ Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2018). "Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836". World Ophiuroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 January 2020.