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Ophiocomina
Sign in to saveOphiocomina is a genus of brittle stars belonging to the family Ophiotomidae. They are distributed worldwide.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassOphiuroidea
- OrderOphiacanthida
- FamilyOphiotomidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- Family
- Ophiotomidae
- Collections
- NMV, MCZ, SAMA, MNHN, AM
- Recorded in
- Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha, United Kingdom, Australia, Ile Saint Paul, Ile Amsterdam, Sweden, Norway, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ophiocomidae
- Image
- Ophiocomina nigra La Ciotat.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ophiocomina
- taxon name
- Ophiocomina
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected species
- References
Ophiocomina is a genus of brittle stars belonging to the family Ophiotomidae. They are distributed worldwide.
==Selected species== There are two species: Ophiocomina arnaudi O'Hara & Thuy, 2022 Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
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