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Family: Ophiactidae



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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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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Arctic-Circumboreal

Ophiopholis aculeata(Linnaeus, 1767)

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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