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Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Amphilepidida
Family: Ophiotrichidae

Genus: Ophiothrix

(See list of species below)

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48 species (see list below)
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Ophiothrix angulata
[Angular brittle star]
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Ophiothrix aristulata
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Ophiothrix armata
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Ophiothrix brachyactis
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Ophiothrix capillaris
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Ophiothrix ciliaris
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Ophiothrix cimar
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Ophiothrix contenta
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Ophiothrix crassispina
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Ophiothrix deceptor
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Ophiothrix elegans
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Ophiothrix eurycolpodes
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Ophiothrix exigua
[Short-spined brittle star]
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Ophiothrix foveolata
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Fenwick, David

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Ophiothrix fragilis(Abildgaard, 1789)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Ophiothrix fragilis
[Common brittle star]
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Ophiothrix fumaria
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Ophiothrix infirma
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Ophiothrix koreana
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Ophiothrix lepidus
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Ophiothrix leucotrigona
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Ophiothrix lineata
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Ophiothrix luetkeni
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Ophiothrix marenzelleri
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Ophiothrix miles
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Ophiothrix oerstedii
[Oersted's brittle star]
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Ophiothrix oliveri
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Ophiothrix panchyendyta
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Ophiothrix picteti
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Ophiothrix plana
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Ophiothrix prostata
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Ophiothrix proteus
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Ophiothrix purpurea
[Purple brittle star]
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Ophiothrix pusilla
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Ophiothrix rotata
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Ophiothrix rudis
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Ophiothrix savignyi
[Long spined brittle star]
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Ophiothrix scotiosa
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Ophiothrix signata
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Max. Length 38 cm WD
 
Ophiothrix spiculata
[Pacific spiny brittlestar]
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Ophiothrix spinosissima
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Ophiothrix stri
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Ophiothrix suensonii
[Suenson's brittle star]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm WD
 
Ophiothrix tenera
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Max. Length 0.5 cm WD
 
Ophiothrix trilineata
[Ophiuroids]
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Ophiothrix vetusta
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Ophiothrix vigelandi
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Ophiothrix viridialba
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Ophiothrix vitrea
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