Summary description from Wikipedia:

Ophidiaster ophidianus in languages:

Croatian

Purpurna zvjezdača

Czech

hvězdice hadicovitá

English

Purple Seastar

English

Purple Sea Star

French

Etoile de mer violette

Italian

Stella serpente

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Parent Taxon

• Ophidiaster

Sibling Taxa

• Ophidiaster agassizi
• Ophidiaster alexandri
• Ophidiaster armatus
• Ophidiaster bayeri
• Ophidiaster bullisi
• Ophidiaster confertus
• Ophidiaster cribrarius
• Ophidiaster duncani
• Ophidiaster granifer
• Ophidiaster guildingi
• Ophidiaster helicostichus
• Ophidiaster hemprichi
• Ophidiaster kermadecensis
• Ophidiaster lorioli
• Ophidiaster ludwigi
• Ophidiaster macknighti
• Ophidiaster multispinus
• Ophidiaster ophidianus
• Ophidiaster perplexus
• Ophidiaster perrieri
• Ophidiaster reyssi
• Ophidiaster rhabdotus
• Ophidiaster tuberifer

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