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Ophiopholis is a genus of brittle star

Brittle star

Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the seafloor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to in length on the largest specimens...

s (Ophiuroidea) found in oceans worldwide from tropics to temperate regions.

Systematics

Species include:

Ophiopholis aculeata
Ophiopholis bakeri
Ophiopholis brachyactis
Ophiopholis japonica
Ophiopholis kennerlyi
Ophiopholis mirabilis
Ophiopholis pilosa

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