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Ophioplocus
Sign in to saveOphioplocus is a genus of brittle stars in the family Hemieuryalidae. The genus was first described by Thomas Lyman in 1861.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassOphiuroidea
- OrderAmphilepidida
- FamilyHemieuryalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Hemieuryalidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, CAS, AUM, UF, AM
- Recorded in
- Japan, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, Unknown Or Invalid, Argentina, Australia, United States, Madagascar, Oman
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Ophioplocus is a genus of brittle stars in the family Hemieuryalidae. The genus was first described by Thomas Lyman in 1861.
==Species== The following 11 species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Ophioplocus bispinosus Ophioplocus declinans Ophioplocus esmarki Ophioplocus giganteus Ophioplocus hancocki Ophioplocus huttoni Ophioplocus imbricatus Ophioplocus incipiens Ophioplocus januarii Ophioplocus japonicus Ophioplocus marginatum
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ophioplocus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.