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Ophiotrichidae
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Ophiotrichidae are a family of brittle stars within the suborder Gnathophiurina.
Species
トゲクモヒトデ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassOphiuroidea
- OrderAmphilepidida
- FamilyOphiotrichidae
De Ophiotrichidae zijn een familie van slangsterren uit de orde Ophiurida.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 807
- With media
- 151
- Family
- Ophiotrichidae
- Collections
- CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Philippines, United States, Indonesia, Samoa [= Western Samoa], Colombia
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- Ophiothrix foveolata (Brittle star).jpg
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Ophiotrichidae are a family of brittle stars within the suborder Gnathophiurina.
All of its species have arms with delicate, translucent, thorny spines. Their arms are flexible in all directions. Their jaws contain clusters of well-developed tooth papillae on the apex but not on the sides. There are no mouth papillae. Inside the mouth edge there is a second pair of tube feet. They show large radial shields. The dorsal surface of the disc is covered with spines and thorny towers.
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